You’ve come to this page because you actually want to know who I am, not just see my art, so I figure you deserve the truth: my actual dream job has nothing to do with art— it is to be an anthropomorphic field mouse that wears petticoats and lives in a cozy tree stump. This life isn’t available to me at the moment, so I’ve found myself a niche in the deeply historical art of storytelling. Storytelling has been an important part of my life for years, whether in the form of devouring books, concocting elaborate games of make-believe for friends, or the all-consuming world that is theatre. Regardless of the medium, I’ve realized my driving force has, for years, been a hunger for hearing and telling stories. I want to tell stories that are fantastical, slightly off-beat, and center around children. I love classic fantasy tropes —dragon kidnappings and forest witches and magic that comes with a price— but seek to use these tools in a way that better represents ALL children.

Visual art has accompanied me through this insatiable need for stories, whether I created on a canvas or doodled on a math worksheet. After trying my hand at digital art for the past few years, I realized how deeply I missed the traditional form. There are many artists who create amazing works on screens, but I find my art and my passion shine far brighter when I can tangibly work with materials and textures and RISK- often things I initially perceive as mistakes become pieces I love. I still enjoy working digitally at times, but you’ll find most of my work is now done primarily in acrylic gouache, with accents of ink, colored pencil, or the occasional pastel. I am fluent in procreate and use it for clean-up and edits, but in a world becoming increasingly more digital, I find great value in a smear of paint or the scratch of a fountain pen.

I’m seeking to create work that embraces mess— I’m unlearning a lifetime of coloring within the lines— and art that is focused on the process. As great philosopher Miley Cyrus says, “It’s the climb.” I love a finished piece, but I’m just as enamored by quick sketches, palette tests, and scrap paper paintings. It all culminates as a challenge to myself to upend our perceived notions of “finished” (Though most artists will always tell you a work is never truly finished).

I’m currently seeking agency representation for author-illustrator projects.

When not furiously scribbling, you can find me curled up with tea, my cats, and a good book, covered in flour, thinking about my next tattoo, or trying my best to understand the instructions for whatever board game my husband is explaining.