I am an American artist. An early colonial transplant from Scotland on the matriarch side and forth generation Irish on the patriarch side. Born in Bangor, Maine and raised all over the United States. My dad flew F-4 Phantoms for the United States Air Force and my mom was an executive chef, educator, and dietitian. In today's polarized society, defining ones identity seem significantly prevalent. In what seems a straight forward picture of an All-American immigrant military family, defining and creating an artistic voice surrounding my culture has been fraught with challenges and frustrations. With this series, I feel the rubber has hit the road, where my artist skills, experience, and craftsmanship has finally synergized, giving me an opportunity to articulate my authentic voice on canvas.

The Female Gaze Series, is my current body of work, deconstructing traditional themes of the female gaze theory. This series captures five large scale (60 x 60 x 2 in.), self portraits on canvas, amalgamating figurative realism in multiple disciplined processes of photography, digital manipulation, acrylic, acrylic skins, and oil painting. This is an exploration of how the unspoken female gaze is misrepresented through history and mythology.

The celebration of developing an experimental practice with complex processes are what dominate my art's methodology. The challenge is not settling for traditional methods and technology to determine and limit the outcomes but push technologies and methodologies forward to reach the best outcome of expressionism of my vision in pioneering and creative ways. My job is to be fearless and "boldly go where no-one has gone before." My art practice is where science, technology, and creativity connects.