It's pretty simple. I love being outdoors and I make art about what I see and work with in nature. Raised in suburban Detroit, Michigan, I spent endless hours mucking around in the neighborhood pond fascinated by frogs, turtles, birds and other wildlife I'd encounter. That very pond inspired decades of working in the field, monitoring and surveying for vulnerable wildlife species for public agencies around the country.

In 2009, I studied Natural Science Illustration at the University of Washington in Seattle to merge my science and art worlds into a pulsating frustrating dirty confused swirl. Intensive field work, traveling, mushroom foraging and art-making formed an endless feedback loop that expressed itself in watercolor, ink, acrylic, silkscreen and sometimes costume. If you see a short woolly mammoth walking down your street, it may be me.

In 2024, I got my Master's degree in wildlife at University of Idaho and recently returned home to the South Sound of the Puget Sound region of Washington state. After living and working in 9 different states of the US, it feels great to come home. Thank you for visiting! Enjoy :)