I’ve always painted out of a place of nostalgia, with countless memories painting, creating & using my imagination as a child. I have always craved to hold life with certainty and meaning, however as we know, I rarely can find it. Using painting as an outlet has brought healing and generous joy to my life. I want to share it in hopes it brings joy to others. A space for each and everyones imaginations.

I have always been a student of working with my hands, listening to the great works of literature and trying my best by trial and error. I’ve been a student to Anne of Green Gables and her imaginative Avonlea, Pride & Prejudice and Jane Austen’s english countryside, Gilmore Girls and their seasonal warmth, Little Women and Louisa May Alcott’s character Jo, and finally my own life, full of creative possibilities.

Since the earliest years of childhood, I’ve always had drive. I can count numerous ideas, businesses and passions i’ve pursued over the years. They have all been out of a pull within myself to be better, stronger, more than I was the day before. If you are a creative, you know this feeling well, it is both a gift and a constant challenge. There have been plenty of seasons of my life where my relationship to creativity has been strained. Burnout became prevalent because I couldn’t find a way to sit with my unfinished self. I think perhaps, this feeling is familiar to all of us. Somewhere, deep down we must reconcile with ourselves, to be enough, before anything else. I never want to be satisfied with surviving, I want to create & adore life with glorious technicolor.

Painting will always create a bridge to my childhood wonder, innocence and imagination. When people see my work, I want them to feel that sense of curiosity and to discover their own internal pull towards creativity. Art is access, access to ourselves. When we create and see creations, we feel a little less alone in our suffering and confusion. Somewhere in that canvas, in that photograph, in that algorithm, in the dish, design, or person, is apart of unaltered, unseasoned and raw you. Awakening again.