As both an artist and future educator whose creative practice focuses on using art to explore personal experience, observation, and meaningful connections with the world around me.

My work explores the act of observation and the quiet significance of everyday moments. Through drawing, painting, and photography, I focus on studying light, color, form, and composition as a way to better understand the visual world around me. I am interested in how simple subjects and environments can hold unexpected beauty when carefully observed. By working across multiple mediums, I aim to capture both the physical qualities of what I see and the subtle relationships between objects, spaces, and light.

As both an artist and a future art educator, my creative practice is deeply connected to the process of learning through looking. Creating these works has strengthened my understanding of foundational artistic skills while also reinforcing the importance of patience, curiosity, and experimentation in artmaking. I hope my work encourages viewers to slow down, observe more closely, and appreciate the visual details that exist within everyday life. 

Looking back, I would remind myself to trust the creative process and not be afraid to experiment. Some of the most meaningful growth came from moments when things didn’t work the first time, and those experiences helped me develop both my technical skills and confidence as an artist.


What’s your favorite A+D memory?
Late nights in the ceramic studio, blasting music and throwing on the wheel.


What was your favorite A+D class?
Printmaking and drawing.

Probably being in Paint and getting to physically make something where time suddenly stops and there is nothing going on around you. You become immersed in what you are doing, and nothing else seems to matter. It is freeing in a sense.


What’s next for you?
Hopefully I'll find a job where I can impact the lives of my students and show them what art really is. And in this time, focus on making art for myself and enjoying the journey.

How do you hope your work makes an impact?
I hope my work encourages viewers to see the world through my perspective and discover the beauty that exists within small, detailed moments. At the same time, I hope they can step back and view the work as a whole, allowing space for their own interpretations and stories to emerge. My goal is for each viewer to find something personal within the work, whether it is in the finer details or the larger composition.