my story

I’ve been making art for as long as I can remember. Ever since I could pick up a crayon, I was drawing, creating, and finding little ways to turn the world around me into something of my own. I attended art school throughout my elementary school years, where I developed a deep love not only for creating art, but for its history, its stories, and countless ways humans have used art to express something that words sometimes can’t. A kids imagination is quite remarkable.

In high school, I found myself drawn to realism, abstract, and collage art. Even then, I knew I wanted to find a way to build a life around creating. I just didn’t know what that would look like yet. I feel like I lost touch with my imagination then.

In 2020, I took a break from college and began working as a nanny. Somewhere along the way, I discovered the world of tattooing, and something immediately clicked. I became quite obsessed and fascinated by tattoo culture, the history behind it, and the idea of carrying artwork with you for a lifetime. The more I learned, the stronger the pull became. I felt like I was being called to go find an apprenticeship and see where it could take me. So I did.

After completing an apprenticeship and spending years through practice and experimentation, and plenty of trial and error, tattooing became much more than I could ever imagined. Funny enough, when I first started I used to worry I wouldn’t be able to tap into my imagination, find my style and create original pieces.

My style continued to evolve alongside me. I studied more art styles. What started with realism, abstract and collage art has grown into something much more imaginative. A colorful world filled with traditional tattoo influences, surrealism, strange creatures, and a touch of magic and whimsy. One other thing that helped widen my imagination was consistent meditation.

I am inspired by the things that made my imagination feel limitless as a kid. Cartoons, the strange and wonderful worlds I found in video games, and memories of watching my dad play monster games all left little pieces of themselves behind. I think that’s where my love for creating otherworldly creatures came from. Taking something that feels strange or impossible and turning it into something beautiful.

Today, I am still discovering what my art can become. Every piece is another little experiment and another doorway into my imagination. Whether I am tattooing someone, painting a canvas, or creating a commission, I love the feeling of taking something that existed only in my mind and giving it a place in the real world. I think there is a little bit of magic in that.

If my art can make someone feel more at home in their skin, bring a little wonder into their space or simply make them smile when they look at it… Then I think I am doing exactly what I've always wanted todo.