My work is shaped by natural elements, shifting light, and the landscapes I explore. To honor that depth and movement, I use materials that allow for texture, layering, and a sense of time.

Oil & Cold Wax

Oil paint mixed with cold wax creates soft translucency and rich texture. It allows me to build surfaces slowly—much like the way rivers carve rock or the way light settles over water. These layers hold history, emotion, and the sense of something unfolding beneath the surface.

Gold Leaf & Metallic Pigments

Gold appears throughout my work as a symbol of resilience and inner strength. It catches light differently throughout the day, creating moments of quiet brightness and reflection. In my Power & Resilience Collection, gold becomes a metaphor for what remains luminous even after change.

Mixed Media & Embedded Materials

I often incorporate handmade papers, glass fragments, and other organic textures. These materials echo landscapes—shorelines, riverbeds, shifting sediment—and offer a way to build paintings that feel both grounded and alive.

Resin & Plexiglass

Some works are created on plexiglass or finished with resin to bring out clarity, depth, and a modern sense of luminosity. Plexiglass allows light to pass through layers, creating a feeling of movement similar to water or shifting sky.

Handmade Papers

In pieces from the river and nature-based collections, handmade papers add a tactile quality that mimics the irregular textures found in natural environments—tree bark, sediment, leaves, or the edge of riverbanks.

My Process

My paintings begin outdoors—in the places that make me pause.
Rivers in motion, changing coastlines, the quiet of dusk on a paddleboard, or the wide-open skies of New England and the Southwest often spark the first idea. I carry these moments back into the studio and begin building the painting layer by layer.

1. Observation & Experience

I spend time noticing color shifts, textures, and the emotional tone of a place. Sometimes this comes from adventure—white-water rafting in the Grand Canyon, exploring Icelandic landscapes, or hiking in New Mexico. Other times it’s found in the everyday: my garden, the changing seasons, or the rhythm of local rivers.

2. Layering & Mark-Making

I apply multiple layers of oil, cold wax, and mixed media, scraping back and rebuilding to create depth. This rhythm mirrors the natural world—nothing is static; everything evolves.

3. Integration of Materials

Gold leaf, handmade papers, or embedded textures are added to reflect strength, transformation, and the stories we carry.

4. Refinement

The final layers bring cohesion and clarity, revealing what the painting has been reaching toward. Some works feel bold and energetic; others lean into calm, tenderness, or quiet resilience.