From the beginning, color has been my language.

I grew up in rural Ohio, surrounded by wide-open skies and fields of shifting light — a landscape where the sky changed by the hour. Summers spent in the Outer Banks deepened my sensitivity to nature’s quiet drama: water, horizon, atmosphere. I was constantly painting, dreaming, and imagining vivid scenes behind closed eyes — not just creating art, but responding emotionally to the world around me.

Looking back, I realize painting was always a form of healing — a way of expressing myself before I had the words. Color helped me process emotion, stillness, energy, and connection.

I studied painting at Columbus College of Art & Design, earning a BFA in Fine Arts with a minor in Art Therapy. There, I immersed myself in color theory, landscape, and the fluidity of watercolor. I became increasingly drawn to the way color evokes memory and emotion, and began pushing the medium beyond its traditional boundaries — layering, blending, and embracing its unpredictability to develop my own visual language.

My process today is deeply intuitive. I let color lead. Each piece begins with an emotional thread or impression, but evolves through movement, texture, and response. I see each painting as a conversation between gesture and water, control and surrender, the internal and external.

I create and exhibit from my working studio and gallery in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. It’s a space for quiet reflection, dialogue, and connection — where visitors can experience the work in person, inquire about commissions, or find a painting that resonates.

My work explores the emotional landscape of memory through abstraction, offering moments of stillness, color, and connection. My goal is to create paintings that don’t just hang on a wall, but hold presence — evoking feeling, memory, and a sense of place.