As a hiker, cyclist and equestrian, she spends much of her free time in the local mountains and canyons. Her work is an investigation of her movements through the Southern California spaces where the urban and natural environments mingle and influence one another. She is especially interested in point-of-view, passage of time, and transformed function. She has most recently installed a large-scale fabric piece at the Peter Strauss Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains. Her work has also appeared at as part of public programs in Glendale, CA. the Mobile Exhibits in Long Beach, CA, El Paseo in Palm Desert, CA, Ontario Airport, as well as the Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens and the Turtle Bay Museum in Redding, CA. Reitzel received her BA from the University of Nevada Reno and her MFA from the University of California Irvine. This Floristic Province