Artist Statement

My art practice is formed around the collaborative dance between humanity and the natural world we so briefly inhabit. I find inspiration in the patterns and markings of time found in shell ridges, tree rings, and sedimentary layers below our feet, each depicting a unique and never-replicable story.

My process allows for the natural world to leave its fingerprints next to my own: encouraging ink to run and dry as it pleases; allowing material to tear without controlling its path; capturing the shadow of netting moving in the breeze in a cyanotype. I often take a back seat to what emerges, responding with my own structure, arrangement, or interpretation. My work seeks to highlight the undeniable importance—and impact—of our human presence as a part of our collective story.

Although my initial artistic focus was in printmaking, I have since grown to explore many other disciplines, seeking not to become an expert in any one, but to instead study and refine a breadth of techniques and processes to inform my work. I take pride in my experimentation, never letting rules or what’s traditionally expected to determine my process. I employ formal disciplines, including printmaking, painting, and drawing, alongside undefined experimentations with glue, ink, graphite, paper, and collage. My work combines my own abstractions with referential natural textures, sometimes affecting them with ripping, cutting, and collage, amplifying the story of each material and texture into a larger, collective story.

BIO

I was born and raised in Michigan. I was always drawn to creative outlets including drawing, painting, and even digital art. I graduated college and pursued a career in graphic design full time. I moved to Portland, Oregon in 2011, and instantly fell in love with the city and the Pacific Northwest have to offer. Begining in 2017, I decided to shift my focus away from commercial design to start an art practice. I currently reside and have a studio in St. Johns.

Exhibitions

Aphelion
Solo Show
January 2024
Blackfish Gallery
Portland, OR

Into the Deep
Juried Group Show
July 2023
Gallery 114
Portland, OR

Drawing the Line
Group Show
July 2023
Blackfish Gallery
Portland, OR

New Member Group Show
June 2023
Blackfish Gallery
Portland, OR

Shifting Tides:
Art For That Speaks To Our Ever Changing Times
14th Annual Juried Exhibit
October 2021
Columbia City Gallery
Seattle, WA

Fresh Talent Exhibition
October 2021
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
Bainbridge Island, WA

Collections

Regional Arts & Culture Council
Public Art Collection
Eagle Creek - 2017