About me
Process and Influences

I make art in order to tell stories. Though my illustrations cover many themes, I am most often drawn to wartime narratives. As I come from a military family, my understanding of the world had been shaped by stories of war; whether they came from family members, movies, books, or memorials. As I've matured, I've come to question the way these different sources are rhetorically constructed: who is represented in dominant stories about the military, and who is left out? By investigating themes of radicalization, combat, and reconciliation on an international scope through my artwork, I attempt to answer these questions.

I primarily work with digital tools like Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint, as well as physical media like oil and acrylic paints to create my illustrations. However, I also like to incorporate watercolor and pastel elements into my digital pieces to lend them a textural element unique to physical artworks.

I often come back to the work of artists like Andrey Remnev, Nan Goldin, and Travis Shilling. Their pieces to command an energy and immediacy from viewers which I try to replicate in my own paintings. They draw on different artistic traditions and inspire me to look both to art history and the world around me while creating.

I'm currently studying Studio Art, English, and German at the University of Maryland College Park. This past summer I interned at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as a visual design intern developing a set of new onboarding training modules for use by the organization. In addition to that, I've been working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer since 2020. Thank you for taking the time to learn a little bit about me!

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I do not use any AI or generative AI tools to create my art or come up with concepts.