It all started…

…where landscape and character meet in the realm of the Story Teller. When they intersect in the past, we get history; when they cross in the present we get story. Style and technique are my focus, and traditional fundamentals and digital tools like Photoshop and Maya are my tools for shaping worlds and bringing characters to life.

After earning a BFA in Fine Art from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, I trotted happily into a BA, MA, and PhD in Medieval Studies. Ten years of teaching led me to the decision that academia could not satisfy the urge to create and thus I returned to my first love, art. From April 2016 to May 2020 I sat as the Creative and then Artistic Director for Drawn from Valor, a non-profit (501 c3), networked animation studio, helping young people better understand and manage complex medical conditions through animated storytelling.

TOOLS: Traditional Fundamentals; Photoshop; Adobe Suite; Toon Boom; Maya; Blender; UnReal Engine