I’m a painter based in Portland, Oregon. From my window, I can see the footprint of the house where my great-grandmother spent part of her childhood. I grew up in California, traveled for several years after high school, and studied painting at RISD. When it’s not too cold, I’m outside working plein air studies. Otherwise I’m inside working with oils and egg tempera while listening to people talk about art history.

I make narrative paintings and drawings that land mid story, leaving the viewer to assemble what happened before and what might come next. I want the paintings to land with a note similar to a good episode of The Twilight Zone or a story by Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, or Philip K. Dick. I strive to identify the unknown.

I have not had a gallery show. I would like to. I am drawn to artists such as René Magritte, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Marsden Hartley, and Edvard Munch, and would aim to work with a program that engages similar concerns. I’m not sure if there is that context today.

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Education:

• MFA - Southern Illinois 2005

• BFA - RISD 2002