.:design began with my love for art:.

My first memory of drawing was around age 7. I would copy the cover of VHS movies and the one I remember most was The Little Mermaid. I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up in a creative family. My dad played music, worked with leather, collected art, worked wood and more. My mother was always sewing making elaborate dolls and clothing. A large portion of my childhood was spent at art and craft shows where my mother would sell her work. My brother was always getting into something creatively new and I have such distinct memories of him making things with clay. This is just the beginning of the long line of creatives I come from.

I somehow made it to art school when I was about 21 and I went for about a year. It was a private, unaccredited Figurative Art school. Even though I grew up in a creative setting, childhood and teenage years were incredibly tumutluous and due to that, I felt as though I would never make it to “college”, whatever that meant to me. I luckily always had art alongside whatever job I was working.

I had been pushing pixels in photoshop since my early 20’s wanting to be a designer but having no idea where to start. After putting off chasing design I finally had the opportunity to go to school so I did and I loved it. I loved it so much that when I finished my design degree I went through the studio arts program.

My approach to design is comprehensive, pulling from the many mediums I’ve expressed through and the experiences I’ve walked through. My work is more than shapes, lines and colors… it involves relationship, identifying and solving problems, strategy and always a creative touch.