Embracing the change.
I am an artist who struggles to settle into one category. If you ask what my favorite season is I will tell you it’s when they change, and that same love of change has found its way into my creative life as well.
I studied Fine Art with concentrations in painting and ceramics, but my path quickly wandered into graphic design. Nearly a decade of freelance work taught me to solve problems, communicate ideas, and embrace creativity in unexpected ways - all through visual storytelling. Along the way I continued taking workshops, teaching private lessons, accepting commissions, and finding every opportunity to keep making art.
In recent years, I have pushed to bring art to the forefront again, to pursue it with intention for the good of my soul and what is on my heart to share - because I always have things to share! Currently I am primarily working in 2D media with mixed-media, watercolor, and oil painting, alongside some collage, acrylic, and printmaking work thrown in here and there for good measure.
I am very inspired by nature - from plants and animals (particularly winged creatures!) to produce - and that is a nearly constant theme in my work. However, I also find great purpose in illustrating words and ideas, frequently using spiritual themes and texts or quotes I love as a jumping off point.
My world is regularly colored by the chaos and messes left in the wake of my four boys, who sometimes remember to clean up after themselves and have also become unexpectedly large seemingly overnight. I live with my husband and those wonderfully grubby boys (including two giant, hairy canines) in a quiet town in southern Michigan trying to make the most of the days we’ve been given.
Whether you're here to browse original work, commission a meaningful piece, or simply spend a few quiet moments looking around, I hope you find some beauty and I'm so glad you stopped by.