Krista is currently a retired high school art teacher in Yucca Valley, CA. She has been creating art for as long as she can remember.  Since moving to California, she has exhibited her work throughout Southern California and her work hangs in homes from coast to coast. Her most recent focus has been plein air painting of landscapes and still life.  She has two grown children and lives on ten acres in the Mojave Desert with her husband Tom, dog Riley and two cats, Foggy and Vader.