Printmaking. Oil painting. Watercolors.
Line. Shape. Color. Detail.
Still Beautiful: Spent Red Tulip I, Still Beautiful: Spent Red Tulip III, Still Beautiful: Spent Red Tulip IV, 2025
Workshop News
I’m offering printing workshops for beginners this January at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts and a watercolor basics course! Check their site for dates and what we’ll cover.
Don’t wait to sign up!
Where We Meet – Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
October 1, 2025 – January 11, 2025
I’m honored to be a part of the very last show in our MoCA’s current space before they move to their new facility on the campus of Virginia Wesleyan University (soon to be Batten University in July 2026).
Where We Meet is a tribute to the Hampton Roads community, full of works by incredible local artists reflecting on themes drawn from our memories, our values, our landscapes, and our desires.
Oil Painting
I paint subjects ranging from flowers to still lives, to landscapes. View my current portfolio and available pieces.
Printmaking
Printing allows me to tackle more humorous and fun projects, as well as natural subjects. I have works ranging from nature to fantasy. View my current portfolio and available pieces.
Watercolors
I can’t get enough of the luminous nature of watercolors. View my current portfolio and available pieces.
The unifying drive to almost every piece I execute is: details.
I love the unnoticed, ordinary things* that are absolutely beautiful but are generally missed in our busyness. In natural forms** – a favorite subject! – it’s the veining on a petal, the grain of wood, the shape of a leaf that carries its own drama, light passing through membrane, or the flower we call a weed. In living things, it’s the flow of fur, the light caught by the eye, or everyday moments we move through without thought – cooking, riding the metro, catching lunch with family. In landscapes, it’s the simple moments: the still quietness of snow, of twilight, of sunset. In still lives, again, it’s the ordinary things: the favorite teacup or bottle of liquor, the luminescence of farm eggs, the simple design of a woven basket.
I love the quiet, the stillness, the glory hidden in the ordinary.
The reality is that our lives are busy, and if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you’ll notice I generally have several projects going at once! Follow me on social to see my current calling, and sign up for my email list for updates on shows… and a possible future store. If you’d like to purchase artwork, reach out through my contact page. Keep scrolling to see my works by medium, or by series.
*Note: I absolutely love fantasy and mythology and this is 100% an exception to my usual subject matter. It mostly appears in my printmaking!
**Also note: I am worst person to hike with if you’re looking for speed, because I will absolutely stop and look at every single mushroom, shelf fungus, fallen tree, and boulder.
Series
A Little Bit About Myself
I reside in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, and love all it’s gorgeous marshy glory (can’t beat the vivid green of marsh grass!) Like many artists, creation in various media has been a consistent pursuit throughout my life: a call that can’t be denied. I hold a BFA from Old Dominion University and have taught private children’s art classes for several years.
I have chosen to not specialize in a singular media, but work in relief printing, watercolor painting, and oil painting. This lets me pick the medium that best suits the idea, and I find rotating keeps the joy fresh!
I’m currently offering printmaking workshops and watercolor classes at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts.
Sign up for my emails for updates on shows, and follow me on Instagram or Facebook to see what I’m creating right now!
I’m a member of the Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists, a long-running local organization established in 1982.
Awards
Honorable Mention
Small Works 2025
Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center for Wizard’s Reading Night
Honorable Mention
Winter’s Return 2025
Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA for the reduction print Golden Winter Afternoon (edition of 10, one AP.)
Honorable Mention
Water’s Edge 2025
Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA for the watercolor Might As Well Be Wet. (sold)
Honorable Mention
Suffolk Art League Annual Juried Exhibition 2024
Suffolk Art Gallery, Suffolk, VA, for exhibited body of work: Farm Eggs (2024, pictured on left, available), oil on canvas, and Small Luxuries (2024), oil on canvas
2026 Shows & Exhibitions
ImPRESSion: A National Juried Exhibit of Printmaking
January 10, 2026 – February 7, 2026 at the d’Art Center in Norfolk, VA.
Small Works – Honorable Mention
November 29, 2025 – January 10, 2026 at the Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center in Hampton, VA. Juried.
Where We Meet
October 1, 2025 – January 11, 2026 at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach, VA.
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