I've been studying fine art and studio painting since 2012, but my relationship with art began much earlier. Some of my earliest memories are of spending summers with my mother, an art history professor, walking through studios and watching paintings accumulate layer upon layer.   

 

I have always been fascinated by what lies beneath the surface.  Old buildings, weathered materials, and paintings bearing traces of previous lives remind me that history doesn't disappear--it becomes part of what comes next.  

 

My work explores those ideas through layered abstraction.  I don't try to conceal the brushwork, palette knife marks, scraping or sgraffito. Instead, I allow the process to remain visible, believing the history of a painting is just as important as its finished image.  

 

Since moving into a studio in one of Knoxville's historic buildings, I've become even more aware of how architecture, age, and time influence my work.  Evidence of the passage of time is central to my process.  I want each painting to feel discovered--as though it has quietly evolved over time.   

 

I create paintings that reveal the quiet evidence of time through layered surfaces, inviting viewers to discover their own connections. 

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