Betty is a native from Austin, TX.  At one time, she lived in Michigan and Colorado.  She has always been involved in the art world with oil paintings, watercolors, pastels and scratch art.  After retirement, she and her husband moved back to Austin.  Betty learned about the gourd world when she went to some of the Texas Gourd Society Festivals which were held in Austin at that time.

Following her husband's death, she moved to Kerrville.  Here, she began her “gourding” experiences.  She and her sister went to the Gourd Artist Gathering in Cherokee, NC where Betty attended several classes and returned home with a load of gourds, supplies and tools.  She has acquired a collection of numerous ribbons awarded for her winning gourd creations in the Texas Gourd Society competition and the Southwest Gourd Fine Art Shows in Kerrville.  She is best known and recognized for her dot painting and use of bright colored beads on gourds.  Betty's gourd creations are sold in galleries along with her knotted scarves and crocheted afghans.