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It has always been my dream and my goal to be able to be some small part of the art world, even since very early childhood I felt there could be no other existence from me. Art has always been my life and my truest passion since I was old enough to draw or to paint or create in any fashion.

Although I have had formal training in ballet, piano, and voice I am primarily a self-taught artist. My career could be considered to have officially begun at the age of twelve when I was hired to design the logo for a local dance studio. From there I entered art exhibits and competitions and was published in Cricket magazine. I also participated in the many annual science fiction, fantasy and Anime conventions in Atlanta, Georgia including Dragon*Con,Sci-fi Summer, and Anime Weekend. As well as working on commissions I have also been the featured artist at The Coffee Shop of Horrors for three consecutive months along with taking part in an invitation-only charity event featuring visual and performing arts. I have also worked on projects including creature concept designs and other logo and character designs.

Prismacolor colored pencils are my primary medium but I also work in soft pastels, art markers and graphite, as well as with inks both by brush and with the use of technical pens. I have also dabbled in sculpting, painting, jewelery making and beading, chain mail design and construction, and mask making, writing, and designing and sewing clothing, costumes and corsetry.

There can be no doubt that my heart lives in the visionary perceptions of the world and all worlds yet unseen, in my dreams and visions there always lies something deeper then the image its self, something beyond the superficial vale of colors and form offering a glimpse into another realm or perhaps simply somewhere within myself that even I am unable to venture.

The main inspirations of my work come mainly from the world of dreams, of ancient Celtic beliefs, from music, and of nature and of night. I have always been aware of and rather predisposed to the nocturnal world and the darker elements of life and of nature and as odd as it may sound, I have always taken a strange comfort in these aspects as well as a fascination in the bizarre and obscure. Even my earliest scribbles were of strange creatures, dragons and gargoyles and scenes of the night and of the Moon along with the somewhat lighter subjects of animals, trees and and of nature, and of course the occasional comic book character. Very little has changes and these elements and subjects continue to persist as the main body of my work.

For me the visual arts are not as superficial as a 'pretty picture' although at times that aspect too can be breathtaking. Art, in its many forms, is the visual representation of the unseen or the imposable, offering endless possibilities, not only to illustrate a story or provide an outlet for personal abstract ideas and emotions but also to bring the intangible into existence. Through art the infinite worlds of dreams and imagination become real, images of the world and interpretations of events may be preserve so that they may exist long after that fleeting moment has since vanished as well as to bring forth the smallest details of the nature which so often go unnoticed to offer dazzling new facets for those who have not before had the luxury to see them. The subjects and ideas along with the mediums through which they are portrayed are as vast and diverse as the collective human race. Among its many incarnations art is not always a thing of beauty it is also a valuable outlet to illustrate the uglier aspects of humanity and harsh realities of the way of the world.