My work explores self-authorship through portraiture, language, and repetition. I build each piece through layered marks, handwritten phrases, and expressive color to reflect the inner dialogue that shapes how we see ourselves and how we move through the world.
The female figures in my work are not passive subjects. They are intentional, direct, and present. Cropped closely and often meeting the viewer’s gaze, they exist in a space between vulnerability and resolve, inviting reflection on the ongoing process of becoming through choice, discipline, and self-definition.
I am interested in the way words can function as both structure and evidence. Repeated phrases, crossed-out thoughts, and layered declarations mirror the way belief is formed — gradually, deliberately, and sometimes against resistance. In this way, language becomes physical, and painting becomes a record of internal work made visible.
Color and texture are essential to this process. I use them to create emotional tension, warmth, and immediacy, allowing each portrait to carry both intimacy and strength. My work is ultimately about building the self: not as an abstract idea, but as a lived practice shaped by attention, standards, and follow-through.
2025 Artisans in the Loop, St. Louis, “Beyond Romance,” Group Show
2025 Green Root Gallery, Belleville, IL “Large Works Art Show,” Group Show
2025 C-Art Gallery, Springfield, MO “Nevertheless, She Persisted,” Group Show
2025 Obelisk Home Gallery, Springfield, MO “Bridging Form and Figure,” Group Show
2025. Busey Bank in cooperation with St Louis Art Fair, Clayton, MO; “1868 The Exhibition,”
Group Show
2025. Daum Museum, Sedalia, MO “Nevertheless, She Persisted,” Group Show
2025. OH Callery, Springfield, MO “Nevertheless, She Persisted,”‘ 2024 SPIVA, Joplin, MO
“Membership Show,” Group Show
2022 Fractions Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Faces,” Group Show
2022 Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO “XXXVIII,” Group Show
2020 Grafica Fine Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO “In the Mix,” Solo Show
2020 Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Human Form,” Group Show
2019 Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO “XXXV,” Group Show, Judge: Jason Bly
2017 Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Honor Awards,” Group Show, Curator: Joe Page
2017 Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO “XXXIII,” Group Show, Judge: Daniel Anderson
2015 Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO “From Light to Dark,” Group Show, Judge: Kathrine Nelson
2015 Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO, “PAINTING: Reconsidered, Deconstructed,” Group Show, Judges: Stephanie Jacobson Kirkland & B.J. Vogt
2014 Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Serendipity,” Group Show, Judges: Ken Botnick & Melissa Whitman
2013 Clayton Fine Art Gallery, Clayton, MO
2011 Apex Gallery, Kansas City, MO “Peace in Pieces,” Solo Show
2008 Keeshan Gallery, Kansas City, MO “Tranquility” Solo Show
1999 NewSpace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: June Gordon
Collections:
Metzler Bros. Insurance, Kansas City, MO
Conestoga-Rover & Assoc., St. Louis, MO
Bommarito Auto, St. Louis, MO
Modern Business Interiors, St. Louis, MO
Awards:
2026 First Place, Artisans in the Loop, Beyond Romance, St. Louis, MO
2016 Featured Artist, Grafica Fine Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2016 Award of Excellence, Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Publications:
Hekton International Journal
Ladue News
Commissions:
Kellwood, St. Louis, MO
CBRE, Inc (Maryville Holdings, LLC), St. Louis, MO
Perficient, St. Louis, MO
