About the Artist
My Story...(so far, mind you)I'm an expressive figurative artist based in Montana and Los BaRriles, Mexico, creating paintings that celebrate human connection, movement, and the quiet beauty found in everyday moments.
Painting wasn't my first career—it was my return to something I'd been missing.
For years, my life revolved around building businesses (real estate sales and brokerage, and investing), raising a family, and caring for the people I love. During one of the most difficult seasons of my life, I discovered painting. What began as a creative outlet quickly became something much deeper: a way to slow down, process emotion, and reconnect with a sense of wonder. Painting changed my life.
Today, my work is inspired by the moments that often go unnoticed—a woman laughing as she twirls through a room, the unwavering devotion of a beloved dog, the comfort of two hands reaching for one another, the fleeting expression that says more than words ever could. These small moments carry extraordinary emotional weight, reminding us that the most meaningful parts of life are often the quietest.
Working in mixed media, acrylic, charcoal, ink, spray paint, and oil, I balance realism with expressive abstraction. Strong value, loose brushwork, layered texture, and unexpected marks allow emotion to emerge alongside representation. Rather than capturing perfect likenesses, I strive to capture the feeling of a moment—the energy, tenderness, and humanity that linger long after it has passed.
Travel, relationships, and the ongoing experience of becoming continue to shape my work. Whether painting figures, animals, or intimate gestures, my hope is always the same: to create artwork that invites people to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the parts of themselves that still believe in joy, resilience, and possibility.
I believe art has the power to remind us that beauty isn't reserved for extraordinary occasions. It lives in ordinary moments—in movement, in connection, and in the simple act of being fully present.
My work explores the quiet moments that reveal who we are becoming. Through expressive figurative painting, I tell visual stories about joy, tenderness, resilience, and the beauty found in ordinary human connection.
After years spent building businesses, raising a family, and navigating seasons of profound challenge, painting became more than a creative pursuit—it became a way of paying closer attention. It taught me to slow down, to notice, and to find meaning in moments that might otherwise pass unnoticed. That perspective shapes every piece I create.
I'm drawn to subjects caught in motion rather than at rest—a woman spinning barefoot in an oversized shirt, a loyal dog watching with quiet devotion, two hands meeting across generations, a fleeting expression that disappears as quickly as it arrives. These fragments of everyday life carry entire emotional narratives. They invite the viewer to finish the story with their own memories and experiences.
My paintings balance realism with abstraction. I build believable form through strong value relationships and expressive brushwork, allowing lost edges, unexpected marks, layered textures, and bold color to evoke feeling rather than simply describe a scene. I want the paint itself to remain visible, reminding us that beauty often lives in what is suggested rather than fully defined.
Travel, relationships, and the constant process of becoming continue to shape my work. Whether inspired by a landscape, a quiet interaction, or an unexpected moment of delight, I'm interested in the emotions that connect us across different places and seasons of life. My paintings aren't about documenting events—they're about preserving the feeling of being fully present within them.
Ultimately, I hope my work invites people to pause. To remember someone they love. To smile. To breathe. To recognize themselves in a gesture, a glance, or a moment of movement. If a painting helps someone feel seen, hopeful, or reminds them that joy and vulnerability can exist together, then it has done exactly what I hoped it would.
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