During childhood, I would frequently be found redecorating my dollhouses, making art in the sunroom, or wandering the hidden trails around the barn and often get lost in the lands of Lewis Carroll, Nancy Drew, and Shel Silverstein. The through lines in this past are ever present, coloring how I create my work today. 

My abstract structural work is a testament to a professional background in art education and interior design. These works were born from a student art lesson I developed fifteen years ago to teach line direction via artists Agnes Martin and Piet Mondrian and made by upcycling old telephone books. Their present-day version is an evolving contemporary leaning representation of my long-standing love for neutral color palettes, spatial form, and texture-filled interior spaces. The result houses a goal to aesthetically evoke a sense of calm, communicate structure, and take up space in both subtle and robust ways.

The writing and illustration work I create harkens back to copious youthful years spent making up stories for my dolls, playing dress-up, and an endless interest in human behavior. This past summer, I joined a beginner poetry writing group, which opened up an entirely new avenue for my mind to visit the world of make-believe. Each character illustration and accompanying poem/story is a curiosity for and celebration of the multitudes we hold within us.

I live and work on the north Oregon coast.