About the Artist
Born and raised in Southern Illinois, I live and create in Elizabeth, New Jersey. I earned my BFA in Studio Art from Kean University in May of 2025. Using my artistic practice, I connect to the wonderous side of all of us, speaking to our inner children.
My illustration mediums include watercolor, gouache, ink, colored pencil, and found objects like iridescent cellophane, foil, and rhinestones. I also design stained glass, assemblage sculptures, and embroidered works.
As I continue to tell visual stories, my personal mythology grows. Pulling from various sources within the cultural ethos we live in, my world consists a bricolage of religion, spirituality, nature, and fantasy. The mythos I’ve constructed of angels, guardian spirits, knights, and heroes is one which awakens the childlike sense of wonder we all have within us. After all, creating art has always been a form of play for me.
Turtle Thoughts, 2022, ink, alcohol marker, and paint pen
Umbrellaception, 2023, reclaimed umbrella, acrylic paint, spray paint, paint pen, fishing wire, hot glue, toothpicks, and recycled paper
Parking Ticket, 2022, parking ticket, alcohol marker, and ink, 9x12 in.
Air and Sea, series of prints, 2023, screen print
The Good Stuff, 2022, acrylic, water based marker, graphite, and colored pencil, 9x12 in.
Celia, 2022, oil pastel