ILLUSTRATIVE PAINTING 

Drawing was always a fundamental tool for me with any of my creative outlets as I tend to plan & plot before I execute. Before college though, I associated drawing with sketching, unfinished work. My drawing classes in college gave me knowledge of much more, & I was excited for the many options at hand. I really fell in love with ink, & the ways to approach it. Also passionate for woodblock printing & engraving, I began to create a style that used both drawing techniques & in some work gave off techniques of printmaking. I began to explore with watercolors, which overtime have become a staple for my creations. 

Awakening

When I first moved back to Seattle in 2013, I began to really feel alive again, & felt the need to pick up a brush after quite a lull. My enthusiasm for being back in the Puget Sound, in a new environment gave me a push to explore a part of myself I had neglected. 

ENIGMA

This series of paintings, began from extremely high volumes of happiness, moving through the feelings of extremely high volumes of Sadness & all the feelings in between- the rollercoaster. In this series I began really exploring, putting my feelings on paper, painting the emotions, living with the exuberance & the pain, trying to understand it, make it more concrete. These paintings are all associated with deep emotions & thoughts, some good & some bad. Some paintings brought on tears, others feelings of pure joy. The exact reason I was painting them, the Enigma of life, unfinished, unknown. (Series is still in progress)

FISH

Growing up in the Puget Sound, I always found fish fascinating & delicious. I didn't imagine they would have become such an inspiration to me though. The Summer of 2015 I experienced Alaska & the Sockeye Salmon Fishery. I fell in love with the place & the fishery. Shortly after I got a job with another fishing company, based around Groundfish. Another beast, I am constantly fascinated by the fish & what the Commercial Fisheries are about. Painting them is just another way to study them, to respect them. 

SPIRIT ANIMALS

In 2013 I joined an amazing team of people in a Cafe, everyone was always asked, " What is your spirit animal?". I found the question fascinating & began to ask my friends. Immediately I was painting, drawing in my head these whimsical loving "cards" for friends. This series is one of the most enjoyable to have painted & to paint as they are all created out of pure love, happiness. Light-hearted.