My paintings birth fecund realms where the plants have moved to the foreground and interact as the central forces driving the story. My sources are broad and intuitive. I worked in greenhouses and plant sanctuaries since I was a tween and I have voluntarily lived and worked on farms and in medicinal seed repositories in various locations, Appalachia, California, Colorado, Maryland. I am no expert on the plants of any particular region but cultivate a life-long interest in the overlapping of scientific and spiritual knowledges of plants. The worlding process that I experience when painting is informed by memories of video games, historic paintings and folklore. I often reference cartoons and stories that I couldn’t stop staring at as a child and continue to think with.

A pastoral landscape with strange plants with holes in them overlooking water

Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons Together | Acrylic and gouache on wood panel | 16” x  20” x .75”

formations of plants, insects and nests moving across a dark landscape

Some Thoughts I’ve Had | Acrylic and gouache on wood panel | 8″ x 10″ x 2″

A merlot landscape is frames by romantic floral specimens, and plastic water bottles

Suburban Drought with Orchids | Acrylic and gouache on wood panel | 15.5”x 12”x .75”

aqua underground scene

Mermaid Purses and Bioluminescent Octopus Eggs | Acrylic on wood panel |15.5”x 12” .75”

purple night scene with yellow windows and organic plants shapes

All About Eve | Acrylic on Wood | 8″ x 10″

A half shell blowing to shore where a wildfire has started.

Flaming Venus | Acrylic on Wood | 8″ x 10″

Desert twins | Acrylic and gauche on wood panel | 24” x 19”

Bunny Ear Cacti, Bendy Straws, LEGOs, Dawn | Acrylic on Panel | 16” x 9” x 2”

color queens’ blue indigo and hibiscus tea | Gouache, charcoal, and graphite on wood | each 10″ x 8″

Returning | Acrylic on Panel | 11.5” x 13”

cut outs | Acrylic on Panel | 10″ x 13″

Reaching Funkia | Acrylic on Panel | 15” x 13”

Lion’s Bane | Acrylic on Panel | 15” x 13”

Waiting for Abulia | Acrylic on Panel | 15” x 13”

Dandy | Acrylic on Aluminum | 8”x 10”

A garden scene with a shallow depth of field and a variety of plants and flowers

Red Hot Poker | Acrylic on Aluminum and Wood | 10″ x 12″

A red landscape with pill bugs and white flowers

Cinquefoil and Pill Bugs | Acrylic on Aluminum and Wood | 10″ x 12″

Forest Eulogy | Acrylic on Panel | 42” x 60” x 2”

Overwhelming among the Gillies | Acrylic on Panel | 42” x 60” x 2”

Mothering wounds, spelled in vines | Acrylic on Panel | 15″ x 22″ x 2″