About the artist

I was born in raised in rural Michigan and from an early age had an inclination towards creating. Having exhausted my school’s art curriculum, I spent my senior year of high school following an independent study art program. 

At Western Michigan University, I started full time in the Gwen Frostic School of Art. However, a tendency towards curiosity of many subjects found me fascinated by the world of advertising. I spent much of my time at WMU in a dual world, bouncing between presentations in marketing classes at the business school, and weird explorations of the creative mind at the art school. Within a class setting, I didn’t seem to fit fully in either. However, when I landed two different advertising internships, one at Biggs|Gilmore in Kalamazoo, and one at Isobel in London, UK, my duality was a perfect fit in that world.

Upon graduation in 2008, I entered the job force with career in graphic design. Over the course of many different types of businesses and products, I developed into an art director, directing photoshoots for clients such as Whirlpool, Maytag and Gladiator.

As I built my advertising career, several uprooting life changes, both physically and mentally, lead me back to my fine art roots. First as an outlet, and soon as a more intense focus. Watercolor has always been a favorite medium to push the boundaries of the paint and the substrate. I’m continuing to grow my passion for painting, exploring the relationship between light and human emotions.

I currently live in St. Joseph, Michigan