Images are my life. Since I can remember I have been drawn to and fascinated by pictures and visual communication. I am an award-winning artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Illinois State University. I have a Masters in Art Education from the University of Illinois and teach in Indianapolis in an urban charter school. In that time I have been commissioned to provide book illustrations, paint multiple large-scale murals, and even a municipal electrical box. I also illustrate the comic “Corporate Misadventures” for The Jeff Havens Company. Art is an important part of all of our lives, and I am happy that over the years I have been able to add some beauty and whimsy to the world.

For the past eleven years I have, also, taught art to elementary and middle school children at SENSE Charter School in the Southeast Neighborhood of Indianapolis. I have had the opportunity to work with children from Kindergarten to 8th grade and create projects that range from drawing, painting, ceramics, found and non-traditional materials to public place making.