Gretchen left Boggs & Lambur Studios to earn her Bachelor's Degree in Theater Arts at UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. She continued to work as a freelance artist through school, building a clientele. After graduation, Gretchen started her own business, Little Pearls Studio, offering creative services to corporations, small businesses and private clients.

She chose the company name because “Gretchen” means “Little Pearl.” Gretchen designed the symbol of the mermaid with the pearl to further personalize the business name by depicting her fondness of the ocean, sea life, and water.

Through Little Pearls Studio, Gretchen is able to work on her own projects, as well as with other artists on larger projects. Projects include prototyping services to inventors, sculpture, molding, casting, painting, graphic design, copyrighting, among others. Her client list includes Jakks Pacific, Mattel, and Angelettes of California, Inc.

THE BUSINESS

Gretchen has teamed up with Scot Wester Williams to combine talents and business services as needed. Through Little Pearls Studio, Gretchen and Scot are able to offer artistic services on a larger scale, while building Ocean Rhythms, LLC, a surf and extreme sport product company that strives to give back to the community and the ocean by giving back to the environment. Ocean Rhythms sculptures have supported Surfer's Healing, a foundation helping kids with autism, as well as the Orange County Arts, and recently, the Rabbit Kekai Foundation. Scheduled beach clean ups will be organized to clean up the coast as well as raise awareness of environmental issues. These clean ups will be advertised at the Bell Arts Factory, on Little Pearls Studio and Ocean Rhythms websites, as well as through the various shops that carry Ocean Rhythms products. Please sign our guest list to be added to our future Beach Clean Up Crews.

THE ACTRESS

In addition to theater, film & television credits, Gretchen is also a voice-over talent, having done voices for some of the characters she has created, as well as for America's Open Range narrated by Kevin Costner.

Gretchen has combined her theatrical and artistic skills by appearing as a guest on industry related television programming as well as performing as a Guest Host on DIY Network's television series Craft Lab.

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