ARTIST STATEMENT

My art began in my grandmother’s kitchen—the same walls where my mother grew up. Her landscape painting hung there for years, and every time I passed it, those colors spoke to me. That’s where I first felt the need to create.

I started with watercolors, chasing that feeling. But when I discovered acrylics, something clicked. The boldness, the texture, the way layers could build emotion—it freed me. Today, I work abstractly because it’s honest: no rules, just a raw conversation between color, shape, and texture. Every piece is a map of my inner world—chaotic, joyful, restless, or still.

I push paint to find places words can’t go. When you stand before my work, I don’t want you to just see—I want you to feel, to wander into your own memories, moods, or dreams. That’s the power of abstraction: it’s not about my story alone. It’s about yours, too.

I’m still that kid from Fort Worth chasing the thrill of a blank canvas. Only now, I know it’s not just paint. It’s a lifeline.

EXHIBITIONS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Spring Gallery Night, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty, Fort Worth, TX

2025 Third Thursday, South Barbershop, Fort Worth, TX

2025 For the Love of Artists, The Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

2025 For the Love of Kettle, The Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

2024 New Member Exhibit, Lewisville Grand Theater, Lewisville, TX

2024 Fresh Off the Easel, Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

2024 2nd Saturday Art Show August,The Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

2024 2nd Saturday Art Show July,The Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

2024 SMALL Y’ALL, RTown Art Gallery, Grapevine, TX

2024 2nd Saturday Art Show, The Grackle, Fort Worth, TX

2024 10x10x140, The Eclectika, Fort Worth, TX

2024 Astro Brain, The Grackle, Fort Worth, TX

2024 Together We Make It Happen, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

2024 Red, The Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

2024 For The Love of Artists, The Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

2024 For The Love of Kettle, The Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

2023 Expo 2023, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX

2023 Dreams and Nightmares, The Eclectika, Irving, TX

2023 Gift of Art, Lewisville Grand Theater, Lewisville, TX

2023 Bending the Rules, The Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

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