As a child I spent my time picking weeds and flowers and dabbling in artistic endeavors.
In college I studied graphic design but found great joy drawing, painting, and sculpting botanicals in my additional studio classes. I spent almost a decade working as an in-house graphic designer and then a little less than half a year walking across the United States among the wildflowers and weeds. While studying Nature Science Illustration I realized I needed to move my passion for art into my day to day experience. I now create illustrations to celebrate the natural world and our connection to it.
Education
Ohio University, 08’, BFA in Graphic Design & Art History
Acumen Academy, 18’, Introduction to Human-Centered Design
University of Washington, 20’, Certificate in Natural Science Illustration
Exhibits / Artist-in-Residence
Illustrating the Natural World of the Pacific Northwest, 7/22, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
Artist-in-Residence with Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, 8/21, Salida, CO
The Calling of Birds, 5/21
Group exhibit, Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, ORInto the Woods, 4/21
Group exhibit, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
Things I Adore
Getting my hands dirty in the garden.
Mixing up creations in the kitchen.
Having a back-country cocktail by a high alpine lake.
Foraging for clams, nettles, and blackberries.
Making a flower crown with no tools or typical flowers present. (The one above was sourced and constructed in a rural ditch.)
Making lists.