About

I was born and raised in Nebraska, USA, 2002. I received my BA in Fine Arts from Hastings College, Nebraska. I wish I was a better writer and don't want to just put something AI and empty here so I'll do the best I can for now.

What helps guide my work is philosophy, psychology, and self reflection. I study and learn what I can from these topics in hopes that, even if it's a small amount, to share the comfort and clarity I find within them. They help me articulate my thoughts and feel a little less alone when I'm navigating life's struggles. Painting just so happened to be the area where I felt I could articulate my thoughts the clearest through pictures. I try to paint questions that are hard to answer and sometimes even more difficult to acknowledge.

If suffering is the forge where character and meaning is built, how do we find purpose amidst the suffering?

How should we handle pain when it feels almost impossible to keep carrying it, to hold onto hope? How do we comfort our loved ones that are dealing with the same things?

Where can we be truly vulnerable with each other when genuine friendships, deep emotional connections, are declining?

I don't know. It's hard to find places that address these kinds of things let alone talk about them. Yet here I am attempting the almost impossible task of trying to paint them.

I believe that art helps make the world a better place, even if it's only a little bit at a time. I don't aim for anything to be perfectly painted or catered a certain way. I just hope for my work to be meaningful somehow and to create a deep emotional resonance with my audience. These skeletal figures and mostly barren backgrounds help me towards this purpose because it removes everything else that distracts from the point of them. It's just you, the painting, and our shared human experiences underneath.

What each work means is yours to decide.