Thanks for viewing my work! ▰ I’m a mixed media artist primarily working in acrylic painting and encaustic photo collage. Nationally exhibited and collected. BFA Illustration/Studio Art.
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► 2026 Small Group Invitationals
• Surface Tension Arc Gallery San Francisco, CA• Best In Show JAG Gallery Key West, FL
► 2026 Group Shows
Spot On #7 D’art Gallery Denver, COPro Fuse Woman Made Gallery Chicago, IL ( encaustic / wax works )
Word of Art d’Art Center Norfolk, VA
Nothing is Something: Abstract Today Artlink Gallery Fort Wayne, IN
Apis Opus NKollectiv Gallery Denver, CO
71st Annual Juried Exhibition Durham Art Guild Durham, NC
► 2025 Group Shows
Lust for Rust Atlantic Gallery New York City, NYApis Opus NKollectiv Gallery Denver, CO ( featured/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
► 2024 Group Shows
Small Works 2024 JAG Gallery Key West, FLPint 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 Group Shows
Small Works 2023 JAG Gallery Key West, FL44th Annual National Juried Art Show Arts Council of Wayne County Goldsboro, NC
All Abstract 2023 311 Gallery Raleigh, NC
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My paintings are abstract expressive pieces that explore storytelling through gestural mark-making, kinetic palettes and careful layer structuring. My encaustic collages are layers of photo & illustration art composites on rice paper - fused with heated wax. I love the handcrafting process of manipulating encaustic to create levels of translucency. Themes of industry and labor, time and memory often surface in my work.
_______________I’ve lived throughout the US in small towns, large cities and rural countrysides – including NYC, Hudson Valley, SF Bay, Scranton, and Raleigh/Durham. Experiences and memories from these diverse communities surface across my visuals. My career includes work as a studio artist for The Metropolitan Museum and Christieʼs – and for years I was the lead assistant to a corporate art consultant in Manhattan. I also produce visual content for clients including Apple, Google, and global ad agencies. BFA in Illustration/Studio Art from Marywood University with additional training from NYU, Pratt, and FIT. I exhibit nationally in galleries and museums, and my work has been published in The Denver Post and Manhattan Arts International.
PAINTING
Abstract expressive pieces – exploring storytelling through gestural mark-making, kinetic palettes and careful layer structuring. Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel and canvas.
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CHECK IN / CHECK OUT encaustic photo collages
Check In / Check Out is an ongoing series about finding balance and serenity in the era of doom scrolling, click bait and rabbit holes. Triggering words from contemporary discourse merge with nature based imagery, using photos from my personal archive to develop curious landscapes. Composites on rice paper are fused with encaustic wax to wood panel. These pieces can be 10 layers deep. Each piece is unique – no multiples/ editions.
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HEAVY METAL mixed media photo collages
Developed from my photos of industrial structures, construction sites and heavy machinery. My inclination toward this imagery comes from living in several post-industrial areas. I grew up in Scranton PA – with many structures that once housed factories, coal mines and steel mills. For years I lived in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood, characterized by 19th century industrial and warehouse buildings – and the massive steel Manhattan Bridge overhead.
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