My story

Art and writing have always been passions of mine. Both my grandmothers were primary influences in my early artistic endeavors. As a child, my grandmother taught me how to draw portraits while sitting in church and the other took private art lessons with me. At school, any subject was fun if ART or WRITING were a part of the assignment. As a teenager, I found that these were "my things." While my friends played basketball and volleyball - I sketched, painted, and wrote for the school newspaper. My senior year of high school I decided that Graphic Design/Journalism was the career I wanted to pursue. After graduating with a B.A. in Commercial Art from Walla Walla University in 2007, I have worked as a graphic designer, substitute teacher, mentor, art teacher, chaplain, and aspiring writer. Art and writing help me with processing my galaxy mind and give me a sense of insight, depth, and freedom, Grateful everyday for these creative languages.

MY PROCESS

My painting and writing process is open to The One who I believe gave me my creative gifts. I desire to connect my viewers and collectors to a greater Spiritual Story in hopes that my words and wandering lines may intrigue not only myself, but others to ask questions and connect to something more Divine than that which is our current realities. Hopefully along the way we all will find freedom, and experience much needed rest for our minds and hearts.

You’ll find me in hospital rooms during part of the week working as a per diem chaplain and in my studio or home office other days. Whether it be conversing with a patient, working on a podcast, painting, or prose my overall enjoyment comes from expressing myself and making things that stem from being authentic, intuitive, and interesting or weird :)