ABOUT THE ARTIST

MY STORY

I have always been drawn to art, as long as I can remember, and by the time I chose my major in in college it was a no-brainer that it would be Fine Art.

After graduation, it seemed everyone agreed it would be laughably impossible to make a "career" of art, so I set about finding the most creative jobs I could get paid to do- none of them quite fulfilling enough on their own, so I kept exploring.

I worked for a florist, created signs for Whole Foods, created window displays for Anthropologie, designed inspirational photoshoots for wedding websites and DIY projects for SMP Living. I even did accounting! I thought I was making the best of things, being practical, being realistic.

But once my son was born in 2014, everything changed. Postpartum anxiety and depression hit me hard, and I completely lost touch with who I was or even wanted to be. For years.

I couldn't remember what I used to be interested in, or motivated by, I didn't know what my values were, and here I was, seemingly supposed to guide this tiny creature through life.

All of my time seemed consumed by parenting and just surviving. I started to have this impatient feeling that I need something in my life that was mine. Just mine.

The feeling grew and grew, until it suddenly felt urgent that I claim my career as an artist. My inner voice was practically screaming-

So in 2016, I left my job and slowly, terrifingly attempted to figure out how to make a living as an artist- which as a naturally anxious person, starting from a very low place, was a daunting prospect.

Being a full-time artist/small business owner has had fits and starts, ebbs and flows, and oh-so-many challenges- but I woudn't change this life for the world because it's mine and I fought so hard for it.

I'm truly so grateful that I have the opportunity to make my living creating art.