Art. Design. Words. One practice, one point of view.

I have been a working artist my entire adult life. That has never changed. The studio practice is not something I came back to or set aside. It is the constant, the thing around which everything else has grown.

After graduating with a BFA in painting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I began my career in a Chicago gallery focused on representing artists and mounting exhibitions. I loved it, but when I discovered art advisory, I found something that suited a different part of me entirely.

Advisory was faster, more project-driven, and deeply satisfying in a specific way: placing the right work of art in the right architectural space and watching a room change because of it. I spent nearly a decade doing that work at Patti Gilford Fine Arts, developing contemporary art collections for corporate, hospitality, and residential clients across the country. That experience shaped everything that came after.

PS Art Projects grew out of that foundation. For twelve years, I have worked as a creative partner to Epic Interiors, one of Chicago's most art-forward and thoughtful interior design practices. My role there spans art advisory, brand development, website design, and social media strategy. It is a genuine collaboration, rooted in a shared belief that spaces should feel meaningful, not just beautiful.

The writing work came later, and from the most personal place of all. I have spent most of my adult life in recovery, and the work of getting well has informed everything I do, from the paintings I make to the way I show up for the people I work with. When the opportunity came to write for SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders, I recognized it immediately as something I could do with my whole self. Not just as a skilled researcher and writer, but as someone who understands this territory from the inside. That combination, I have found, is rare. And it matters.

What connects all of it is a way of seeing. A trained eye, a commitment to meaning over decoration, and the belief that creative intelligence is not only for the studio. It is what I bring to every project, without exception.