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This collection represents a range of work from throughout my artistic career, spanning from my early college years to the present. It reflects both the evolution of my creative voice and the steady development of my technical skills over time, highlighting versatility, growth, and a deepening engagement with an array of mediums.
Today, painting remains my favorite medium—both in my personal practice and in my teaching. I love guiding others to explore it with no expectations, helping them move beyond rigid practices and embrace the freedom and versatility of the material. While I’ve been trained in oils and a variety of water-based mediums, acrylic remains my medium of choice. Its vibrant color range and fast-drying qualities allow me to work intuitively and energetically, building up layers, texture, and depth with immediacy and control.
Recently, I’ve been expanding my practice to include digital drawing as a way to unlock new creative possibilities. This exploration has allowed me to produce original digital prints and design mock-ups for clients commissioning custom work. Integrating digital tools into my process has opened up new ways to visualize ideas, communicate concepts, and refine designs with greater flexibility and precision.
I’m also exploring stained glass, driven by a longstanding fascination with the way light interacts with color and form. This medium offers a unique opportunity to engage with transparency and luminosity, allowing me to create work that changes and comes alive in different lighting conditions.
My background in art history influences my style. Since childhood, I’ve been especially drawn to the Pop Art movement—the bold colors, rich textures, and iconic imagery captured my imagination early on. Warhol, Haring, and Basquiat remain my favorite masters today. That movement taught me a lot: how to create work that demands attention—bold, vibrant, and impossible to ignore. I also admire how those artists were consistently productive and committed to their craft. Equally important was their emphasis on collaboration and building relationships, values that continue to influence both my creative process and professional approach today.
Working with 3D art forms taught me to think differently about space, structure, and materiality—lessons that continue to inform my approach to drawing, painting, and photography. Understanding how objects exist in physical space gave me new insight into composition, depth, and texture across all mediums. Still, I’ve always found myself most drawn to two-dimensional work. Painting, in particular, remains my favorite—a place where I feel most connected to my intuition, storytelling, and sense of visual rhythm.
During my junior and senior years, I had the privilege of exhibiting my work in multiple group gallery shows while also balancing an internship as the gallery archivist for one of the main campus galleries. This experience deepened my understanding of both the creative and curatorial sides of the art world, and gave me valuable insight into the presentation, documentation, and preservation of artwork.
In a recent encaustics special seminar studies, I deepened my exploration of color, texture, and materiality through the visceral medium of pigmented wax. Working with heat, layered surfaces, and embedded materials, I discovered new ways to build depth, luminosity, and tactile presence.
The photos shown here represent the range of work created throughout my BFA program. I spent every available moment in the studio, fully embracing each opportunity to learn.​
This period of exploration helped me realize that my artistic voice isn’t limited to a single medium or style—it’s rooted in curiosity, process, and a desire to connect. Learning to work across disciplines taught me to embrace experimentation, to trust the unexpected, and to let materials inform meaning. Whether I’m creating bold paintings, delicate prints, or immersive installations, I carry with me the understanding that concept, craft, and personal narrative are always in conversation. That mindset continues to shape both my studio practice and the way I engage with others through art.
My passion for art has been present for as long as I can remember—drawing constantly from the moment I could hold a crayon, filling sketchbooks and stacks of paper with artwork —curious, expressive, and completely immersed in the process.. In high school, although my schools' art program was limited, I enrolled in every class available and stood out for my dedication and drive. The open-ended nature of the curriculum allowed me to explore mediums and ideas at my own pace, guided by a deep sense of curiosity and self-motivation. That time was formative—it allowed me to experiment, grow, and build the portfolio that ultimately set me on the path to earning my BFA.
The early years of my BFA program at Alfred were both exciting and challenging. After so many years of learning independently and guiding my own creative exploration, I found myself pushed in entirely new directions. The program encouraged me to move beyond representational art, question conventional approaches, and experiment with unfamiliar materials and concepts. It was a shift that stretched me, but ultimately helped me grow.
During my time at Alfred, I studied painting, photography, and printmaking, while also diving into three-dimensional practices like ceramics, woodworking, and fabrication processes such as welding and metal casting. This interdisciplinary approach expanded not only my technical skillset but also the way I think about form, meaning, and the role of material in storytelling.