Hi! The TL;DR is: I like art. I like trash. I like making art out of trash.

I'm a painter, collage artist, and collector of weird little things. Old papers, receipts, fabric scraps, packaging, doodles, junk from the floor- I want it. I don't really see a lot of these things as trash. If anything - they're proof that somebody was here.

My work is all about transformation. I'll cut up old drawings to make collages, turn collages into paintings, then recycle those ideas into digital work or whatever comes next. Nothing is ever really finished.

I love bold color, awkward childish drawings, and work that feels honest more than perfect. I'm inspired by artists like Henri Matisse, Kurt Schwitters, and Keith Haring, but also by the "bad-good" spirit of heta-uma and the beauty of imperfection.

I earned my BFA from Austin Peay State University and now teach high school art, where I spend a lot of time convincing students that perfection is overrated. I believe the messy stuff usually has the most to say.

At the end of the day, my art is just a collection of little receipts of existence- pieces of ordinary life stitched together into something worth looking at.