artist statement

All my art holds cute animals and nature. These ideas are often stemmed from my relationship to animals. Since I was a young girl, I have been an animal lover. Growing up in a small town with two dogs and a farm next door, I was always surrounded by soft cuteness and endless space to run in nature. I especially enjoyed visiting the sheep and pigs at Honey Pot Hill Orchards. During the pandemic I adopted two guinea pigs. We are now a beautiful herd of five!

I am greatly inspired by nostalgic characters such as Maisie Mouse, Snoopy, Hello Kitty, Peter Rabbit, and Winnie the Pooh. It’s incredible how the stories they hold have crossed generations of people, filling them with comfort and great joy. I aim to do the same.

I like to use my comic and public art to unify people through a sweet moment. Life can be hard and unforgiving at times, but love and sweet moments exist. They give me hope. Ideally, the majority of my work is drawn with bright cheerful colors.  In my experience, the colors help to create a world and a feeling for the scene. In general my work is rounded and soft, making physical and digital brushwork an important key to my art.

It’s important for me as a artist to connect with my audience on a personal level.  Connecting with others has been a human quality that I've felt strongly about even outside the art world and it projects into my work as well. As an artist, art instructor, and art lover, I am eager to get to know my community and the stories they hold. My art is honest, fun, and quirky. I like to imagine young poeple trying to replicate my characters. Inspiring and giving others a feeling that they can do it too is everything to me.