In preschool we had stations, my favorite was a hot plate covered in foil. We’d be given plain white printer paper, and crayons. The hot plate melted the crayon to the paper, I can still clearly remember the waxy and oily colors spreading across the warm surface like soft butter, unlike any kid safe paints. We can argue technicalities, but this is my first memory of the experience of painting.

At 16 I was finally introduced to oil painting in the traditional grisaille method. New favorite life station unlocked. For college I went to NYU to be closer to the world of art. I explored, was exposed to new ideas and methods of painting, and finally learned to paint in color. 

Since then I have moved back to my hometown of New Orleans, 11 years into a painting practice. My work focuses on portraiture and figuration. In my work I often find the eyes, our sense for seeing the world, and the hands, for acting in it, as the action points in the stillness of an image. I am inspired by a variety of images and experiences which I paint from life or take back into the studio.