About the Artist

I draw because I have to. Art is a compulsion, a drive that I can’t shake.

It has been this way since as far back as I can remember. My family jokes that I was born with a crayon in each hand;

this is probably not too far from the truth

Simply put, art makes me happy. Creating art is even better.

Inspiration seems to strike at the most random of times. Listening to a song, brushing my teeth, reading a book, laying in bed in the middle of the night with my thoughts racing. Smells, colors sounds all form images in my head that sink their teeth in and won’t let go until the thought is formed on paper.

My latest inspiration for my works is the stark balancing act that is life and nature. Nature and the human condition is at once beautiful and horrifying. I suppose that is the main theme I am trying to portray with my work: A thing doesn’t need to be pretty to be beautiful.

Curriculum Vitae

Experience

1998 – 1999 Assistant Art Instructor Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts Palmer Lake, CO

2009 – 2010 Costume Designer Leg Avenue Los Angeles, CA

2016 – Current Tattoo Artist Inked Again Littleton, NH

Group Exhibitions

2012 Heart Strings Fundraiser Bad Art Gallery Littleton, NH

2013 Bethlehem Skatepark Fundraiser Bethlehem, NH

2014 WREN Small Works Show The Gallery at WREN Bethlehem, NH

2014 Fathoming the Underbelly Group Show The Gallery at WREN Bethlehem, NH

2014 WWSD Art Auction Bethlehem, NH

2015 Small Wonders Art Exhibition Atomic Cafe Gallery Hamtramck, Michigan

2015 Ink.² Tangent Gallery Detroit, Michigan

2015 42 Maple Resident Artist Show 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center Bethlehem, NH

2015 Cheesy 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center Bethlehem, NH

2015 The Bees Knees Fundraiser 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center Bethlehem, NH

2015 Shock 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center Bethlehem, NH

2015 Burlesque 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center Bethlehem, NH

2016 Bethlehem Skatepark Fundraiser Bethlehem, NH

2016 Corpus Exquis – Collaborative Show 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center Bethlehem, NH

2017 A Bark to Remember – Group Fundraiser 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center Bethlehem, NH

2017 That Damned Show Tangent Gallery Detroit, MI

2017 Report From The Front Group show Kelly Stelling Contemporary Manchester, NH

2017 Winter Moon Always April Gallery Baltimore, MD

Solo Shows

2012 Rough ROOT Bethlehem, NH

2018 Flesh and Flowers 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center Bethlehem, NH

Publications

2015 Year Round North Country Art New Hampshire Magazine

2017 Remarkable Women 2017 New Hampshire Magazine