I am a multidisciplinary artist, specializing but not limited to illustration, and I am also versed in poetry and ceramics. I create meticulous, intricate patterns, paintings, and designs echoing forms I observe in varied ecologies. Part of my practice includes writing, which I use to ground my observations, as they become the inspiration for lavish illustrations and ceramic pieces. I believe poetry can situate us in the natural world. My writing is reflective of the simple pleasures found in ecologies. In many of my poems, I use sounds and imagery to try to capture the essence of life. 

Among my influences is Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), the English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist, particularly her work as a botanical illustrator working with plants and fungi. My process remains much the same in both watercolor and gouache. This includes layering effects by combining wet and dry mediums. In my practice, I am thinking about how art allows us to create bonds across human experiences and allows us to slow down. As artists, we draw the eye to minute details of a flower, a pebble, a shell. I think about how it feels to be called home to a place of soothing and care, a place where you are seen and heard. My work thinks about evoking this calm state of mind, a quiet place where details, textures, and colors. Depicting the quiet beauty of the natural world in the same spirit as Potter.