I sign my work “Somogyi” the Hungarian spelling of my name. Grew up & attended college (theatre) in the Midwest but spent most of my life in L.A. where I earned an additional degree in fashion design from FIDM. I work mostly in pastels, charcoal, ink, pencil, colored pencil & acrylics & often add dimension with fabric, trim, jewelry, Swarovski rhinestones & beads, & paper collage. I am intensely interested in the “exotic”—places, people, music, things—& like to explore those things in my work.