After a long and award-winning career involving design and writing, I turned to botanical illustration and received a certification through eCornell (Cornell University) in 2022. Around this same time, I also became a certified Texas Master Gardener through the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. My love of nature and volunteering took me to various community gardens and initiatives across the DFW metroplex. The many things I’ve experienced in my life, and my extended travels around the world have all been building blocks in the development of my art. My work has been exhibited at the American Society of Botanical Artists Annual Conference, and I’ve received several commissions. Currently, I’m a graduate student at University of Texas Dallas where I’m working towards my M.F.A in Art, Technology and Communication.
At the recent RAW (Research, Art and Writing) 2025 conference, I presented a participatory experience on the subject of local trees and the human connections we make with them. My work at UTD also includes mural painting, and content creation for LabSynthe on projects such as the Projections in Grotte du Lazaret, a Paleolithic cave in Nice, France, March 2025
The focus of my art revolves around the beauty and whimsy of plants, animals, and our natural world. I use diverse media that includes pencil, oils, gouache, watercolors, ink, words, photography, video, sound and digital manipulation.