Visual Art – Chicago

I am a mixed media artist currently living and working in Chicago. I was born and raised in the small town of Saint Joseph, Michigan where I learned to appreciate a slower pace of existence. I took an interest in fine art early in life through the emulation of my favorite comic book and television characters and soon began exploring more classical stylistic influences and filling many a sketchbook. After high school, I decided to pursue an arts degree at Western Michigan University where I studied art history extensively and began refining my personal philosophy and process. Living in Chicago within a broader arts community has fostered a period of evolution in my execution as I continue to explore myself and my anxieties through my work, looking to examples of graffiti in attempt to become bolder and less refined.