My artistic practice focuses on exploring mindfulness, presence, and relationship to reality through meditative painting process and nostalgic imagery.

Through mainly acrylic painting, I confront gaps in memory and identity due to after-effects of grief and subsequent trauma of parentification, by capturing specific moments in time, despite dissociative effects on their longevity.

As I continue to develop my voice, I am inspired by contemporary artists such as Sophie Pearson, and Nick Cave, whose works’ subject matter looks at loss and impact of trauma. Trained in physics, I am also particularly inspired by artists such as Janet Saad-Cook, whose process is beautifully technical, and encourages me to explore new media. I am interested in combining my scientific expertise with my art practice in the future. I am actively learning visual programming tools to create interactive works.

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EDUCATION:

2014 Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Creative Writing Concentration

  • Writing workshop, poetry, narrative essay, short stories, literary magazines

  • 2D Mixed Media, Intro to Photoshop, Photography I-III, New Theatreworks

TEACHING:

2023 Lunch & Paint - Guided Workshop Series, AFFOA

2017 Introduction to Hand Embroidery - Workshop, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts

AWARDS & GRANTS:

2024 Rat City Arts Festival Emerging Artist Grant

EXHIBITIONS:

2025 Group Exhibition - Summertime, Arts Center East, Vernon, CT

COMMISSIONED WORK:

2023 Madison Paloski Photography

AFFILIATIONS:

Member, Artisan’s Asylum

“8/20/23”

Acrylic on canvas

16”x20”

“Plants atop my fridge”

Acrylic on canvas

18”x24”

“Disneyland 2000”

Gouache on paper

11”x14”