My Art Background
This is it.
I just never stopped.
Self -Taught Artist
No fancy art degree, I was too afraid to major in something that wouldn’t guarantee fInAnCiAl StAbIlItY. Joke’s on me because right after I got a degree in websites, ChatGPT debuted to the world and I struggled to break into that realm. And good riddance because it left room for me to keep painting. It’s an important lesson when we don’t get what we think we want and I’m trying to learn it.
Early Influences
The 90s
My aunt Angela Bond, a pop artist out of Atlanta, GA. I thought it was so cool how she always set up her easel when she visited. My taste for color was definitely inspired by her work as was my start in dog portraits.
The cool theatre girl in high school’s Salvador Dali back tattoo of Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate and The Elephants
My mom who always kept art supplies in my hands growing up
@Notsorryart on Instagram who made me believe in the dream and who has taught me a lot while I doom scroll
Recent Inspiration
The Smoky Mountains of Waynesville, NC
Catholic School
Favorite Mediums
There’s really only one I regularly indulge in: paint. But I did want to be a jewelry maker when I was a kid. I typically paint in acrylics on canvas though I have dreams of scaling up into more murals. Open to wherever the path leads and very interested in learning new mediums through collaboration.
My first mural painted for Axis Yoga inside the Folkmoot Center for the Arts in Waynesville, North Carolina.
What now?
I’m a mom, and they’re pretty young. I paint in random pockets of time as often as I can. During the week I work at a family run leather shop and get to be inspired by their small business savvy while I slowly grow my art practice and my kids and hopefully myself. So… am I taking commissions? lol, maybe, depends on so many things like concept and my ever changing schedule, but please ask!
View My Work in Waynesville, North Carolina
Axis Yoga- home to my first ever mural inside the Folkmoot Center in Hazelwood, NC
Waynesville Apple Fest- October 18, 2025 on Depot Street in Waynesville, NC
