About Me

I started painting when I was 6 years old and I haven't really stopped since. Art is why I wake up in the morning and the last thing I think about when I go to sleep. I continually think art will help us understand the biggest of questions and the smallest of trivialities.

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Profession

Working artist. Freelance illustrator. Professional picture framer. Art education teacher.

My History

I grew up in Washington, DC. I attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a major in painting and drawing and a minor in performance art. I graduated from SAIC with a BFA in 2005. I have worked for various museums and galleries in Chicago and Washington, DC including: The Phillips Collection, Atlas Galleries, Smithsonian, and the Art Institute of Chicago. I was recently working in Baltimore, MD where I was  working on new pieces involving collage and mixed media. I've recently decided to take on still life and portraits in oil paint and watercolor, and applying different encaustic techniques to various substrates and textures.