About

Short Bio

I am a portrait artist based in Columbus Ohio.

Statement

I love to draw from life. When you work with a life model you build a connection hopefully become friends through the process you really get to know each other and talk about life. When you spend hours drawing that person the drawing becomes a timelapse, moments captured that you have spent with that person. The drawing constantly evolves, there are days that a model comes in and you can see they are glowing, other days they might be moody you can see that in their face, posture, the way they hold their hands (even when they hold the same pose). As an artist you choose which moments to put into your drawings, you compile the moments till you capture their essence. This is why I do what I do and I call myself a figurative artist.

 

Biography

​A bit about me, I went to OSU where I got my bachelors in mathematics, on the side I always had love for figurative art and so I would join open studios whenever I could. When I lived in Columbus, Ohio I would go to the cultural arts center to draw from life. My passion has continued and at some point I realized that to reach the level of refinement that I want to in figurative work I have to dedicate myself fully to art. In late 2018 I took the leap and mostly studied under my favorite painter ‘Andrew Ameral’ at an atelier while living in California. Now I am back in Columbus Ohio where I live with my wonderful husband and continue my passion and dedication to family and the arts.