| Abstract painting on wood panel / digital art with encaustic collage / nationally exhibited & collected
/ BFA Illustration |

  • | 2026 |
    Surface Tension Arc Gallery San Francisco, CA ( small group invitational curated by Karen Gutfreund )

    Nothing is Something: Abstract Today Artlink Gallery Fort Wayne, IN

    71st Annual Juried Exhibition  Durham Art Guild  Durham, NC


    | 2025 |
    Lust for Rust  Atlantic Gallery  New York City, NY

    Apis Opus  NKollectiv Gallery  Denver, CO ( featured as headline image for press release in Denver Post )

    Small Works 2025 JAG Gallery  Key West, FL ( juror’s honorable mention )

    Tiny but Mighty  d’Art Center  Norfolk, VA

    2025 Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition  CAM Museum  Raleigh, NC

    71st Annual Juried Exhibition  Durham Art Guild  Durham, NC

    5th Annual National Juried Exhibition  Wilson Arts  Wilson, NC ( juror’s mention )

    FALC 30th Annual Juried Exhibition  Page-Walker Arts & History Center  Cary, NC

    Honeywell Annual Fine Art Exhibition  Clark Gallery / Honeywell Center  Wabash, IN


    | 2024 |
    Small Works 2024  JAG Gallery  Key West, FL

    Pint Size 2  Transmission Gallery  Oakland, CA

    Verde Variants  Union Street Gallery  Chicago Heights, IL

    Abstract Exhibition  Covet Art Gallery  Oceanside, CA

    VIVID  d'Art Center  Norfolk, VA

    2024 National Juried Exhibition  Wilson Arts  Wilson, NC

    37th Northern National Art Competition  Nicolet College Art Gallery  Rhinelander, WI ( purchase award / permanent collection )

    Tiny but Mighty  d’Art Center  Norfolk, VA

    Small Works / Big Impressions  Union Street Gallery  Chicago Heights, IL

    2023
    Small Works 2023  JAG Gallery  Key West, FL

    44th Annual National Juried Art Show  Arts Council of Wayne County  Goldsboro, NC

    All Abstract 2023  311 Gallery  Raleigh, NC

  • I’m a mixed media artist working in acrylic painting, conceptual digital art, and encaustic collage.    //    My paintings are abstract expressive pieces that explore storytelling through gestural mark-making, kinetic palettes and careful layer structuring. Working with color and movement, I build / revisit / resurface layers with mindful approach, while leaning into chance and intuition.    //    My mixed-media collages are digital composites printed in layers, and fused with encaustic. These pieces can be 10+ layers deep of encaustic and printed art on rice paper. I often merge graphics/text with industrial/construction based imagery and rugged/overgrown nature scenes. I love the handcrafting process of manipulating wax to create levels of opacity and translucence.
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    I've lived throughout the US in small towns, large cities and rural countrysides – including NYC, SF Bay, Scranton and Raleigh/Durham. My first art studio was a shared space in DUMBO Brooklyn, and I currently work out of my home studio in the Raleigh/Durham area. Visual and conceptual references come from experiences living across such diverse communities.    //    My work in the fine arts field includes roles as a studio artist for The Metropolitan Museum and Christie’s, and as lead assistant to a corporate art consultant. I have a BFA in Illustration, and a career creating digital art for clients including Apple, Google and global advertising agencies. My work has been exhibited nationally in galleries and museums, and is in private and permanent collections.

â–¼ Check In / Check Out series â–¼

digital art composites on wood with encaustic wax

'Check In / Check Out' is an ongoing series about finding balance & serenity in the era of doom scrolling, click bait & rabbit holes

â–¼ Paintings on wood panel â–¼

acrylic paint and mixed media on wood

abstract expressive works – exploring storytelling through gestural mark making, kinetic palettes and careful layer structuring