I’m a mixed media artist working in acrylic painting, encaustic collage and photo illustration-
2026
Surface Tension Arc Gallery San Francisco, CA ( small group invitational )Spot On #7 D’art Gallery Denver, CO
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
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
Honeywell Annual Fine Art Exhibition Clark Gallery / Honeywell Center Wabash, IN
2024
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
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 work focuses on abstract painting, encaustic photo collage, and integrating fine art with fine craft. Themes of industry and labor, tension and release, time and memory often surface. Rooted in abstract expressionism, my paintings are driven by movement and process, exploring storytelling through gestural mark-making, kinetic palettes and careful layer structuring. My collages fuse encaustic wax with images I've photographed and illustrated – often merging industrial and flora/fauna based imagery. I love the handcrafting process of heating and manipulating encaustic medium to create levels of translucency.
_______________I've lived throughout the US in small towns, large cities and rural countrysides – including NYC, SF Bay, Scranton and Raleigh/Durham. Growing up in a post-industrial city – surrounded by structures that previously housed factories, coal mines and steel mills – prompts my references to industrial imagery. My first art studio was a communal space in DUMBO Brooklyn, and I currently work out of the Raleigh area. My career covers a range of creative roles, with ongoing digital art projects for clients including Apple, Google, and global ad agencies. I’ve worked as an in-house artist for The Metropolitan Museum, Christie’s and artnet.com, and for many years was the lead assistant to a corporate art consultant in Manhattan. BFA in Illustration/Studio Art from Marywood University and 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.
Paintings
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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Encaustic collages
Images I've photographed and illustrated are fused with encaustic wax to wood panel – often merging industrial and flora/fauna based imagery. These works can be 10+ layers deep. I love the handcrafting process of heating and manipulating encaustic medium to create levels of translucency and depth.
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Check In / Check Out
‘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 are merged with calming nature based imagery, using photos from my travels and personal archive to create surreal landscapes. Layers of photo illustrations on rice paper are fused with encaustic wax on wood panel.
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Heavy metal
Mixed-media works based on my photography of industrial structures, construction sites, and mechanical equipment. Growing up in a post-industrial city – surrounded by structures that previously housed factories, coal mines and steel mills – prompts my references to this imagery. I’ve lived in several industrial areas including the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, and Scranton PA – as well as in rural and agricultural areas including the Hudson Valley and Clayton NC.
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