As a painter, my work is rooted in the beauty of Mid-Century design. It is the form, shapes and compositions that really interest me. I’m less concerned with specific car models or the specific names of the buildings I paint. What captivates me is how light transforms these objects: the gleam across chrome, the sweep of color on a department stores facade, the way shadows create a rhythm of positive and negative space.

I’m drawn to the bold colors and clean lines that defined the design of the 1950s and ’60s. Much of my inspiration comes from vintage 35mm slides, old motel postcards, and memories from my childhood. These images stay with me because they distill a moment when beauty and utility coexisted in harmony.

Many of these icons are vanishing, replaced or forgotten. Through painting, I hold on to the sense of place they once offered and reimagine how they live on—sometimes drawn from memory, sometimes from imagination, always through light.

Each painting is an invitation to slow down, to notice how design once worked in concert with its surroundings, and to consider the quiet elegance that still lingers in the geometry and color of the past.

EXHIBITIONS

2025  “49th Community Art Show”, Won 2nd Prize for “Red Roof Lighthouse”, Group Show, WCCC, Judge: Glen Kessler, Chevy Chase, MD

2025  “Landscapes”, Won 1st Prize for “Cab is Here”, Group Show, Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL), Juror: Glen Kessler, Cap. Hill, DC (4/1/25_5/30/25) LINK

2025  “On The Move”, Group Show, Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, DE (MAR. 1- MAR. 30, 2025) LINK

2025  “Moving Forward”, Group Show, Gallery B, Juror: Amy Kaslow, Chevy Chase, MD (FEB. 7- MAR. 2, 2025) LINK

2024  “Ch/Art Art Walk 05”, Group Show, Chevy Chase, MD (OCT. 19-20) LINK

2024  “Bethesda Row Arts Festival”, Group Show, Bethesda, MD (SEPT. 7-8) LINK

2024  “Such & Such”, Group Show, Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OR LINK

2023  “Past/Present”, Solo Show, Dumbarton Concerts Art Gallery, Georgetown, DC LINK

2023  “Ch/Art Art Walk 04”, Group Show, Chevy Chase, MD LINK

2023  “American Landscape”, Circle Gallery, Group Show, Annapolis, MD LINK

2023  “Nostalgia”, Won the Award of Merit for “HOJO 01” Group Show, Juried by Twig Murray, District Arts Gallery, Frederick, MD LINK

2023  “Jack Hornady: Road Trip”, Solo Show, AIADC/DAC, Washington, DC LINK

2022  “SPARK! Holiday Walk”, Group Show, Chevy Chase, DC

2022  “Ch/Art Art Walk 03”, Group Show, Chevy Chase, MD

2022  “WOW!3”, Ch/Art Windows on Wisconsin, Group Show, Chevy Chase, MD

2022  “Potomac River”, Anthenium Group Show, Alexandria, VA

2022  “Spring Member Show”, Won the Juror’s Choice Award for “Motel Stop”, Circle Gallery, Group Show, Annapolis, MD

2022 “46th Art Show and Sale”, Women’s Club of Chevy Chase , Group Show, Chevy Chase, MD

2022 “Growth, Discovery & Learning”, ArtSeen Gallery, Group Show, Rockville, MD

2021  “Fall Member Show”, Circle Gallery, Group Show, Annapolis, MD

2021  “American Landscapes”, Circle Gallery, Group Show, Annapolis, MD

2021  “Ch/Art Art Walk”, Group Show, Chevy Chase, MD

2020  “Small Works, Big Talent”, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Group Show, Mission Viejo, CA

2020  “Landscape”, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Group Show, Mission Viejo, CA

2019  “Focus on Nature”, NY State Museum, Group Show, Albany, NY

2019  “Light and Shadow Exhibition”, Maryland Federation of Art, Group Show, Annapolis, MD

2016  “Kensington: Paint the Town”, Montgomery Art Association, Group Show, Kensington, MD

2015  “Transformations”, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Group Show, Silver Spring, MD

AWARDS

2023 Award of Merit for “HOJO 01” , “Nostalgia”Group Show, Juried by Twig Murray, District Arts Gallery, Frederick, MD

2022 Juror’s Choice Award for “Motel Stop”, Circle Gallery, Spring Member Show, Annapolis, MD

2016 Third Place,  “Kensington: Paint the Town”, MAA, Kensington, MD

JUROR

2018  “Lost” Show, Weems Award, The Field School, Washington, DC 

2016  “Light and Shadow” Show, Weems Award, The Field School, Washington, DC

EDUCATION

BFA, The Rhode Island School of Design

TEACHING

American University, School of Communication, Washington, DC

Adjunct Professor, School of Communication, Fall 2017 - Present

Intro to Graphic Design

Walter Johnson HS, Art Dept., Bethesda, MD

Art Teacher, Fall 2019- Spring 2020

Foundations of Art, Painting, Drawing, Photoshop