I have been an artist since I was a child.

I am self-taught — which means the only person who ever told me what I was capable of was me; I chose to believe it.

I paint what lives just beneath the portrait’s expression. The guardedness. The wit. The quiet power of a woman who reveals only what she chooses.

My process is conversational. The women I paint tell me what they need — their colors, their mood, their desire to be seen, and their right to remain mysterious. I facilitate what they need to come fully alive. Some emerge quickly. Some take their time. And some arrive with demands and the language to match.

Working in mixed media — watercolor, gouache, graphite, glitter, and whatever else she asks for — I build portraits that are bold, expressive, and unapologetically feminine. My subjects are fashionable and psychologically alive. They invite you in yet maintain a mysteriousness. That tension of the feminine is the whole point.

I paint women who are sassy, sophisticated, and impossible to ignore. Women who contain joy and complexity in equal measure. Women who remind you that being fully yourself is the most powerful thing you can be.

My work is collected privately, has been shown publicly, and has earned recognition in juried exhibitions. My work resonates most with people who understand that the most interesting thing is everything you can't quite see.

I am based in Charlotte, NC.