For as long as I can remember, I've been drawn to creativity, to color, imagination, and the little bits of magic we find in the world around us.

Where It Began

As a child, I was always creating, drawing characters from the Sunday comics, collecting crayon shavings in a Strawberry Shortcake tin because I couldn’t bear to throw away something so beautiful, and daydreaming of magical worlds.

But like many dreamers, I was gently nudged toward a more “practical” path.

Finding My Way Back

Life took me in many creative directions: fashion design, graphic design, and digital art.

I kept creating, but it was always for others. I was designing for approval and trying to live up to expectations. Slowly, I lost the part of me that created just for the joy of it.

Eventually, that disconnection caught up with me. I felt stuck. Lost. Something was missing.

One Drawing Class Changed Everything

I started drawing again, and it reignited that light inside of me. I was excited to get my sketchbooks back out and play in Procreate all night.

I searched for classes, guidance, anything that could help me reconnect with that part of myself.

Then the book, The Artist's Way, cracked something open in me.

One quiet spring morning, I finished the last chapter. I sat on my couch, wrapped in a blanket, coffee in hand, and thought, what now?

That question led me to sign up for an acrylic painting class at the Indy Art Center.

I was nervous at first. But after a few classes, I realized everyone there was just like me. We weren’t creating for perfection. We were creating for the joy of it.

For the first time in years, I felt whole again.

What I Create Now

Today, I work in both traditional and digital mediums, following ideas wherever they take me.

I'm drawn to color, atmosphere, imagination, and a little bit of magic. Sometimes that becomes a dreamlike landscape or a place that could only exist in my imagination. Other times, it becomes something completely different.

I've learned that I don't need to put boundaries around what I create. My work will continue to change as I do, and that's part of the joy of being an artist.

I hope something I create makes you stop for a moment, feel something, smile, wonder, or simply get a little lost in it.

Work With Me

If you're an art director, licensing agent, or creative collaborator looking for colorful, imaginative artwork for your brand or products, I'd love to connect.