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