I have always taken to art, so working as an artist was an obvious path for me after high school. I started at Montgomery College in Silver Spring MD studying graphic design and then transferred to the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore Maryland to study photography. While receiving my BFA in Photography, I took an interest in large scale wall painting. After finishing college, and completing my photographic thesis on regenerative and sustainable agriculture, I moved to Southwest Virginia to farm. For the next three years, was involved with farming full-time. I worked at a slaughterhouse, a trout hatchery, and various gardens to better understand how local food production works. By providing my artistic services to help grow small, local business I feel I have come full circle.
