I've been searching for answers to life's biggest questions for as long as I can remember.

As a child, I wandered library shelves looking for books that might help me understand God, the universe, and why we are here. I noticed everything—the colors people wore, subtle shifts in mood, the way a room seemed to change depending on who had just walked through it. Long before I became an artist, I was captivated by beauty, mystery, and the possibility that ordinary life held something more.

Years later, I discovered that painting had become the place where my lifelong search found a language.

What began as a creative practice gradually became a spiritual one. The studio became a place of paying attention—where I learned to slow down, to look more closely, and to recognize the quiet ways grace reveals itself in everyday life.

Today, every collection I create returns to the same lifelong inquiry:

What changes when we begin to notice the sacred in ordinary life?

I don't paint to answer that question.

I paint as a practice of noticing.

My hope is that each painting becomes an invitation to pause. To look again. To discover beauty, mystery, and traces of grace that might otherwise go unseen. The subjects of my work may change over time, but the question beneath them remains the same.



Alongside my collections, I create Spirit Portraits—intimate commissioned paintings that reflect on the beauty, grace, and quiet faithfulness woven through one person's story. Like the rest of my work, they begin with attention: listening carefully, reflecting deeply, and creating a painting that honors what has often been present all along.



I was born in Landstuhl, Germany, raised in Delaware, and now live and work in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Before becoming a full-time artist, I spent nearly two decades working in human resources and leadership development. That experience taught me to pay close attention to people—their stories, motivations, and the often unseen experiences that shape who they become. Looking back, I see that practice of observation as another thread leading me toward painting.

I hold a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Human Resources and a minor in Art from the University of Delaware, along with certification in Authentic Leadership Coaching.

About Me

My work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and is held in private collections across the country. It has been featured in Vanity Fair, Midtown Magazine, Cary Magazine, WRAL, Canvas Rebel, Voyage Raleigh, Voyage Atlanta, and other publications. In 2025, I was honored to complete an artist residency at the Château d'Orquevaux in France.

I also experience synesthesia, perceiving color as sensation, movement, and emotion. While this shapes the way I perceive the world, it is simply one part of my artistic language.

Today, I continue to paint, write, and speak about art, faith, beauty, and the practice of paying attention.

Spirit Portraits

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