Born and raised in central New Jersey, my work is a product of my personal experiences and my education from Art Schools in Philadelphia, New York, and Savannah. I first picked up an oil brush around age 14; then began exploring abstraction in Graduate School at the University of the Arts after an experience where undulating light patterns on currents left me completely mesmerized. This moment was a catalyst for a series of paintings based on the movements of water and encouraged a lifelong analysis of natural forms and why they look like they do.