Pink flamingos, plastic lawn chairs, hula-hoops, lawn balls, the smell of a new beach ball right out of the plastic wrap, bright colors silk-screened onto vinyl…My paintings are sometimes funny, nostalgic, innocent, kitsch.  My work explores Americana, consumerism, and the plastic veneer that we spread around us and call comfort. 

I was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and spent half of my junior year at Temple in Rome, Italy.  I received my Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.

My work has been included in exhibitions in Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.  I have had solo shows in Houston, Lubbock, Pittsburgh, Providence, and Syracuse.  I have taught at the university level for 10 years.  Currently, I am teaching drawing at Texas Tech University.