Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

Lives & works in Baltimore, MD

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            Growing up, I knew that my brain worked differently from others. I would go outside barefoot to play in the grass, carefree. I was captivated by my surroundings. In school I spent most of my time daydreaming not because the classes were boring, but because my mind was somewhere else. To this day, my mind never stops racing and dreaming.

            The particularities of how I think and feel infuse my painting process. My fascination with my material surroundings has led me to incorporate found objects into my work. I treat each painting as a material experiment. Working abstractly, I use my fingers to expressively glide paint over the canvas, through, and around the found materials I have adhered to it. This allows me to feel intimately connected to each piece. For instance, in my work “Scratch”, I use concrete-mix patch as a texture – its roughness emphasizes emotional qualities that were on my mind as I created the piece.  The colors and movement of the paint were chosen to exist in harmony with the texture. The process, as a whole, mesmerizes me. Adding layer upon layer, tapping as it does so directly into my thoughts and way of thinking, is both therapeutic  and thrilling. Once I am in this zone, I never want to leave my painted fantasy for the reality of life.

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