My work references the 19th century landscape tradition to address the plastic pollution disaster we face in the 21st century. Though I will always have a fondness for the energy of Constable’s oil sketches or the experiences Turner expressed in his romantic compositions, it is the Hudson River School that has the most direct influence on what I am painting. We may think of their paintings as quaint or picturesque, but they were made to persuade the public to slow down “The axe of civilization”. They were the activists of their day; their efforts were in a large part responsible for the creation of the National Park system we have today. Though less obvious, my contemporary inspirations are just as potent. Vik Muniz’s Wasteland project prompted me to make the issue central to the composition. Artists like Anselm Kiefer instilled in me a desire to make my paintings physically present in their space like sculptures. Encaustic has that quality; through the medium, I am establishing how these places felt to me in both a physical and empathetic sense. I have a deep love for the environment in all of its varieties. This is why my compositions focus on the condition I find the landscape in. Litter and other forms of pollution heavily taint most of the parks and rivers I have seen. It is a blight on the land that disrupts the tranquility you experience being in nature. Highlighting these occurrences brings this tension back to the galleries for a broader audience to experience.

I received my MFA from the University of Dallas in 2018; upon graduating I was represented by Beaudry Gallery and Framing until 2020. I have had five solo exhibitions, one duo exhibition, and I have participated in over 50 group exhibitions nationally. This year I made the leap to being an international artist. I was accepted into an exhibition for wax painting as part of the Canadian Encaustic Conference that met this September in Ontario. I have also been accepted to a residency at the Ruth Smith Gallery in North Taytum, England, that will take place in January 2025.


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