about

I’m a painter currently based in Portland, Maine, and was born and raised in Maryland, with stints in Vermont and Oregon.

A formative influence was the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, which I grew up visiting. The museum’s focus is on ‘outsider’ artists, many of whom came to art through unconventional paths. This instilled in me that art doesn’t require formal training, only the desire to make something.

As a largely self-taught artist, I continually study the work of artists I admire, along with tutorials, books, and life drawing, to refine whatever challenge I’m working through.
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Ultimately, I see art as a space for meditation, flow, self-exploration, and play. My paintings draw from everyday life, imagined scenes, and magical moments in time. My hope is that my art is as fun to view as it is to create. While painting is the heart of my practice, I also dabble in other mediums including pottery, collage, jewelry-making, drawing, and animation.