Raised in upstate New York with nature, shapes and color all around me, I was destined to be a painter. After graduating I wanted to burst out into the world to make and create new exciting circumstances for myself outside of the hill-towns. I ended up being an exchange student in Brazil where the gorgeous land and culture filled me with new inspiration. My art started having colors so bold they almost vibrated off the canvas, my composition was flat eccentric shapes of catholic parades and tangerine trees. When I returned back to NY I went to Pratt Institute to further...more
