Artist, Muralist, Teacher, Creative
I’m a Connecticut-based artist, organizer, and arts educator. Recent events have me turning from a solitary studio practice to more collaborative and public work, especially around themes of joy, wildlife, and nature.
In the natural world, I see some of life’s starkest contrasts and greatest wonders. My art looks at the individuality and complexity of living things existing in an unpredictable and chaotic world. Bringing together specific and detailed description with energetic and spontaneous elements, I explore the beauty and strangeness of our world and its ever changing elements.
Creative Affiliations
I’m grateful to so many people and organizations for support and community.
At RISD I earned a BFA in Illustration and spent a year studying in Rome via the school’s European Honors program.
Stamford Murals is a public art and youth mentoring non profit I co-founded with RiseUp for Arts. We work to bring public art and art events to our city while engaging young artitsts.
At the NYAA I earned an MFA in painting and studied Forensic Sculpture.
During the shutdown I partnered with RiseUp to create Stamford Murals, and have worked with them on public art events such as the Magic Mural Wall in Hartford CT.
At the Aldrich, I delivered public art workshops for visitors.
For a month I lived at Weir Farm as their artist in residence, and have returned to deliver workshops and participate in public art events. Weir Farm recently facilitated the aquisiton of one of my residencvy paintings by the US Dept of the Interior Museum.
It’s not just about what I create. It’s about what we can create together.
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