Our Guest Artist

I am a contemporary abstract painter driven by an exploration of color, gesture, and the language of mark-making. My work begins without a fixed outcome; instead, it evolves through an intuitive dialogue between movement and material. Each painting becomes a record of decisions, impulses, revisions, and discoveries.

Color serves as both structure and emotion in my practice. I am drawn to the tension between harmony and disruption—how a saturated field can hold stillness, and how a single contrasting mark can shift the entire atmosphere of a composition. I treat color not just as a visual element, but as a force that shapes space, rhythm, and energy. 

Mark-making is central to my process. Layered strokes, scraped surfaces, gestural lines, and quiet passages create a visual vocabulary that reflects both control and spontaneity. I am interested in the physicality of paint—how it moves, resists, and accumulates—and how these traces preserve the act of making. The surface becomes a site of memory, where each mark carries evidence of time and touch. 

Ultimately, my work invites viewers into an open space of interpretation. Without prescribed narratives, the paintings offer room for personal reflection, emotional resonance, and sensory experience. Through abstraction, I seek to create moments of connection that are felt rather than explained. 

Recent accomplishments include two Honorable Mention awards at the Herrig Center for the Arts, and 2nd place in the Dunedin Fine Arts Center’s 2026 portraiture competition, featuring over 200 entries.