I’m a painter who works primarily in oil, moving fluidly between graphite, charcoal, and digital media. My paintings often feel like pages from a visual diary as a way to process what I’m carrying inside. Whether it’s through portraits, animals, or psychological abstraction, each piece begins with a feeling and unfolds into story.

My work bridges realism and symbolism to explore the emotional truths beneath everyday life—grief, memory, transformation, and the quiet resilience of living things. That focus deepened during my years managing an animal shelter, where I learned how survival and tenderness often coexist in the same breath.

Returning to painting wasn’t just a career choice; it was a homecoming. Art remains the one place I can translate what words can’t reach. Something both deeply personal and universally human.

What I make isn’t about perfection, it’s about presence. I want each piece to feel alive, like a conversation between the inner world and the visible one. Maybe it reminds people of something they’ve carried too—and maybe, for a moment, they feel a little less alone.