About

A rare, analytical color pencil fine artist specializing in wildlife and thought provoking themes, who finds art to be both therapeutic and a way to express deep connections to nature.

I’ve been drawing since I can remember. Growing up, my older two brothers would grab a pencil and paper and start doodling. I would follow their lead and we’d gather around and draw war scenes with little planes and tanks and draw faces and figures. I was four years old at the time. I then started replicating comic characters from Looney Tunes, Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. By high school age, my family, teachers, and peers were noticing and complimenting my art. After high school, I went to school for Graphic Design and Illustration and color pencil became my medium of choice. I loved the detail and control that color pencil provided.

Art had become an outlet for me. When you’re an introverted teenager trying to find your way in life, with all the social stresses at school and all the expectations, art was a great stress reliever and distraction. It took me away, like a drug could do, but more productive and less harmful. That’s when I started working with skulls and themes that would get a rise out of people. Later, that same motivation birthed the pieces “Stop” and “Desert Hallucination.” I also really enjoy drawing wildlife. I’ve spent hours upon hours hiking through gorgeous mountains and across high mountain deserts. I acquired a strong connection to nature, loving the smells, the views, the freedom, the purity, and felt fortunate when I came across something moving and living. Drawing animals, birds, and reptiles stems from that connection.