Capturing a sense of place and pulling you into the landscape is the aim of my current paintings. For me, creating abstracted landscapes adds the emotion of the place to the painting.

I’ve always been painting. As a kid you could find me either in the school art classroom or exploring (and sketching) the forests around my Wisconsin hometown. I went on to study ecology and biological pre-medical illustration at Iowa State University and then moved west. I have since participated in multiple art shows throughout the Pacific Northwest and had the opportunity to take drawing and painting classes at Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, Washington. I am also a naturopathic doctor and the owner of Rainwood Integrative Medicine in Bend, Oregon.

I find myself always coming back to art and painting. For me art is medicine. Keeping me grounded and helping me connect to the places that impact me, make me pause, and teach me something. My hope is that my paintings also pull you in and make you pause.