I am a color-theory criminal whose paintings, collages, and writing explore the cultural paradoxes of late twentieth-century American life: cross-colors and grunge, analog and digital, hope and fatalism, nostalgia and acceptance. Through layered mixed-media artwork, I investigate the tensions that shape both collective culture and personal identity.

My process is intuitive, resourceful, and deeply rooted in storytelling. I work with found objects, collage materials, paint, and text, allowing each material to carry its own history into the composition. Using a labor-intensive impasto technique, I build surfaces rich in texture, creating artwork that can be read as both an image and an artifact. Grounded in traditional artistic frameworks, I intentionally push against them—using color, symbolism, and form to disrupt expectations and expand meaning.

Writing is central to my practice. I treat language not only as narrative but as material. Words, phrases, and fragments of text become marks on the surface, shaping composition while revealing psychological and emotional undercurrents. This integration of visual art and writing creates artwork that functions simultaneously as both a visual and a literary experience.

A commitment to shadow work—the exploration and integration of the parts of ourselves we repress, deny, or overlook—guides much of my inquiry. Through this lens, I examine contradiction, womanism, white privilege, memory, grief, love, and resilience. My artwork serves as a visual and literary manifestation of the psyche, creating space for complexity rather than resolution.

Equally important is my relationship to community. My practice exists in active dialogue with the city and creative communities that surround me. I view art as a portal for connection, reflection, and shared experience—an opportunity to transform personal narratives into collective conversations.