About

About Me

Spokane-based artist and student at Gonzaga University pursuing degrees in Marketing and Fine Art. My work captures still moments through painting and photography, earning recognition from the Spokane Valley Arts Council in 2024.

Working in both photography and oil painting, my practice explores themes of time, memory, and the stillness within everyday life. I’m interested in how visual art can capture the emotional residue of a moment, especially in a world where so many experiences are shaped, erased, or rewritten by broader social forces. My work examines the tension between reality and recollection, permanence and loss, and the ways in which art can preserve experience beyond its passing. In this way, my practice becomes not only a personal archive, but also a quiet political act by asserting the importance of remembering, witnessing, and giving form to stories that might otherwise be overlooked or forgotten.

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The Heart Of My Work is Inspired by this Poem By Mikko Harvey

FOR M

​I don’t
want you
to be
nervous. Maybe
thinking of
a walrus
would help.
Have you
seen the
video of
the penguin
accidentally stepping
on a
sleeping walrus?
It thought
it was
a rock.
The walrus
wakes up
like what
the fuck
and the
penguin scurries
off like
oh shit.
Sometimes it’s
funny watching
a surprise
happen, and
not just
funny but
kind of
amazing — like,
you never
really know
what’s what
when it
comes to
this planet.
Then again,
when it’s
you getting
surprised, that’s
different. Especially
for tender
ones like
us. What
are we
supposed to
do? It’s
bad for
our hearts,
you know.
I hope
you won’t
need pills
like I
do. I
think I
get so
scared because
I’m greedy — 
I want
to hold
onto everything,
the world
wants to
take it
away. What
the fuck.
The number
of hours
we have
together is
actually not
so large.
Please linger
near the
door uncomfortably
instead of
just leaving.
Please forget
your scarf
in my
life and
come back
later for
it.