In addition to client commissions, I create portrait series and narratives ranging from realistic to playful to macabre to fantastical. I wish help change the narrative by challenging and subverting the subconscious assumptions held by our society -- ultimately, uplifting underrepresented and often maligned individuals, communities, and subcultures. Helping to create normalization through representation and also explore the psychology of how individuals process, categorize, and emotionally deal with the world around them.

My personal portrait projects draw inspiration from my multi-cultural background and upbringing in the American Midwest. My goal is to mix fine art and expression with action and activism. I explore topics such as world cultures and inclusivity, intersectionality, power structures, race, LGBT rights, and social subcultures such as punk, goth, BDSM and Shibari practitioners, collaborating with these communities to help give voice, empowerment, and expression.

I strive to bring awareness to the fact that the norm is not the standard and that what we take for granted as "just the way things are" is really just one amongst many choices for how we can conduct our lives.

Art is not just a form of expression—

it is a bridge between history, identity, and community.