Hello! I am Terri aka Pop Art Diva™ aka The Martini Diva™. I am a normal challenged artist with a passion for creating colorful art, designing wearable art jewelry and creating bespoke cocktails.

My life is all about creativity. I was born with a crayon in my hand and a passion for art that led me to art school, a 40+ year career as a professional, freelance illustrator, 30 years doing art shows across the U.S. and, finally, to a retirement where I still spend my days on the art, cocktail mixology and designing that I love.

I was born in Kansas, grew up in California (Orange County, Bay Area and Santa Rosa) and I now live in Tucson with my cream tabby, Bailey, lots of cacti and assorted desert critters.

I blissfully spend my time awash and buried in watercolors, paper beads, jewelry findings and curious (and sometimes disrupting) visits from Bailey as I listen to blues, golden oldies or zydeco music. (Oh, OK - and some Netflix bingeing.)

I'm really finicky when it comes to my art, my jewelry and my cocktail picks/fashion pins. I'll spend hours on fine details, I use the best materials and I hunt second hand shops, markets, estate sales and garage sales for special and antique beads for those special touches you can't buy from a bead shop.

When it comes to my paper beads, I don't use existing magazines or papers but I create my own papers with the same watercolors and watercolor papers I use for the hand-painted pendants.

You can check out all my jewelry making processes here: http://popartdiva.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_17.html

I enjoy having one-of-a-kind things that no one else has and I try to bring that experience to my for my collectors as well. That's why you won't find more than one of any of my creations. I never reproduce a piece.

I love my art, my cat, Bailey, and Happy Hour. I enjoy cooking and apply my culinary training these days to creating healthy, signature cocktails. I enjoy gardening but live in a small home so I grow herbs, edible flowers, succulents and the occasional dust bunny.