I am a visual artist and writer based in Indiana. I paint in pastels, oil, and mixed-media. My paintings subjects move between landscapes, childhood, family, and the ways war shapes memory and identity.

I grew up in Tacoma, Washington, Alexandria, Louisiana, Edwards Air Force Base, and attended high school for my senior year in Monroe County W.V. I served in the United States Air Force before the attacks on September 11th, 2001, and am an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. That history informs my work, but so do the quieter experiences of parenthood, travel, and quiet attention spent witnessing the natural world. Whether I am painting a child at the beach, a stand of trees, or an image shaped by military memory, I am interested in the point where observation becomes story.

My work has been exhibited at the South Bend Museum of Art, the Harrison Center, the Box Factory for the Arts, and other regional venues. It has received a Juror’s Award from the South Bend Museum of Art’s Around the Bend exhibition and a Judge’s Award from the Northern Indiana Pastel Society.

I am also the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Red Book: or Operation Iraqi Freedom Is My Fault. I continue to divide my studio practice between painting, prose, and graphic narrative.

Recent and Upcoming Exhibitions

2026

What Was Carried — Harrison Center, Speck Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

Northern Indiana Pastel Society 20th Anniversary Exhibition — South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

Around the Bend — South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

Aloft Community Series — Aloft Hotel, South Bend, IN