She has painted in Edmonton, Costa Rica, Hawaii and been inpired by travels to Europe and Thailand. She has been doing painting since the l950's in all medium starting in oils and progressing through acrylics and to watercolors and inks. She and loves to let her mind wander to imaginary lanscapes of her mind. Desiree studied with Shadbolt, Tonacouer and Leroy Stephanson. She still feels her inspiraton is within herself and always has lots of ideas.
Ideas are all around. .
The paintings always evolve and develop ,sometimes they take a few hours, sometimes a few days and sometimes a few years. She has shown her paintings in solo and group shows. She is a life member ofthe Alberta Society of Artists. Desiree and her husband had the Fireside Antique store and explored Canada and United States for fine antiques to put in their store. This included Worth and many other fine cotoure dresses plus all the accessories from the various periods.