art has always been a part of my life. and nature has always been the driving force of my art.

born in rural alabama, my early years were spent walking through serene fields, frolicking with farm dogs, jumping over babbling brooks, staring at clouds passing by while surrounded by towering red clovers, and listening to frogs croak from the cattails and ponds. the fields and woods were my playground, as far as the eye could see. those moments have a permanent room in my heart. a childhood in the south awakened a spirit in me that continues to guides my journey with art, always.

some of my earliest memories are of walking around my apartment complex in atlanta, drawing bugs, leaves, writing poems about what I saw and taking notes like an explorer discovering unseen lands for the first time. I searched for magic in the yards and alleyways of the big city, forever in love with what nature I could find growing through the cement landscape. atlanta is where I first joined a darkroom club at age twelve, where I first watched a photo I took come to life on paper. magic.

a wonder for nature traveled with me everywhere I went. next was florida, and in the fourteen years I spent on the gulf coast, i fell in love. my passion flourished here on white sands, turquoise waters, and dense groves. I continued to always find myself in spaces with artists, from painting to ceramics to photography, I just wanted to make something.

after high school, I pursued a visual art degree and took that overseas to greece. I always loved photography, but this is where my passion rooted deep into my soul. something changed in me here, and it was the beginning of something beautiful.

I had spent some summers and winters in the mountains of colorado visiting family, and absolutely fell head over heels. how can you not? and I always said growing up, “I’m going to live here one day.”

one day came. in 2016 I finally made the move to the mountains that I had been looking forward to my entire life.