About Me
Who I am?
I suppose it all began when I was just a kid. Around the age of ten, I told my father I was bored—one of those long summer days when time seemed to stretch endlessly. He disappeared into his closet and returned with an old mail-order drawing course and a handmade sketchbook. “Here you go,” he said. “Pass the time learning something.”
That small moment quietly set me on a path that would shape my life.
Years later, I built a career as a graphic designer, but I never let go of drawing. Even as the design world shifted toward digital tools, every idea I created still began the same way—with a pencil, a sketch, a simple mark on paper.
After more than two decades in graphic design, I felt a strong pull back to where it all started. Returning to drawing and painting wasn’t just a career shift—it was a return to something deeply personal.
Today, my work as a contemporary figurative artist centers on the human form—its strength, beauty, sensitivity, and vulnerability. I’m especially drawn to those quiet moments where posture, gesture, and movement reveal something deeper about who we are.
My process often begins with intuitive sketches, allowing ideas to unfold naturally before developing into finished drawings and oil paintings.
Spirituality is at the heart of my work. As a believer in Jesus Christ, I hold close the truth that we are created in the image and likeness of God. Not as little gods, but as reflections of His glory—called to live with purpose, intention, and grace. That belief shapes how I approach every piece I create.
For me, the human figure is more than a subject—it becomes a vessel for meaning. Through my work, I explore themes of identity, connection, and transcendence, always seeking to reveal a deeper, sacred dimension within everyday human experience.
My hope is that my art offers something more than just an image. I want it to feel like a quiet invitation—a space where viewers can pause, reflect, and reconnect with something true and lasting. A reminder that beneath the noise of the world, there is a deeper reality: that each of us is created with intention, beauty, and love.
If my work can help someone see that—even for a moment—then it has fulfilled its purpose.