I am continually inspired by graphic design, typography, surrealism, pop art, tattoo design, street art, comedy, cultural styles, the people around me, and elements of the world that surrounds us. I like to remix popular elements and flip them on themselves to create something humorous and delightful.
In September of 2014, I sold a handful of prints on a tablecloth in a parking lot at Supercrawl and started this weird journey as a working artist.
I was only doing pen & ink with watercolours back then - the first piece was the infamous Tank Girl portrait that has since remained one of my top selling works. My process has evolved so much since then and I currently work mostly in graphite and digital painting, using photographed textures instead of paint as my preferred medium. The tactile quality of the graphite to paper still lights up parts of my brain far more than digital drawing ever could.
Though my experience with art began as a child, drawing on every scrap piece of paper I could get my hands on - I developed a lot of my talent through myriads of arts classes in high school but abruptly stopped shortly after to pursue a lengthy career in television and film production.
My creativity laid dormant for many years until I experienced a very difficult period of my life when I went through an awful divorce - this was the catalyst for changing many aspects of my life and art was the best therapeutic device to get me through this. I started hosting art nights at my apartment with friends where we’d have casual drop in art parties - it was there that I found my voice as an artist.
I never expected to make art for a living - I skipped going to college for it after high school thinking it wasn’t a sustainable idea. Boy was I wrong! Hard work and experimentation has led me to incorporate these skills into my freelance graphics business and helped elevate and hone my proficiency, and my little business has exponentially grown because of it.
A lot of people ask me how much longer I’ll be doing this, art takes up a lot of time and space - it’s a lot of late nights, missing out on fun stuff with friends, and many many instances of frustration along the way. But the satisfaction of finishing a piece and the joy I receive from watching people’s reactions to my works, makes me want to do this forever.
Thank you so much for all the support over the years. It’s what keeps me going.
