It moves faster than it did a month ago, last year, and the year before that. The ‘it’ that we allrecall to one another when speaking of the past and how it has moved us– time. We oftenmeasure time day by day from the light and shadows in our surroundings. I paint as an actof catharsis using metaphorical figures to narrate acts of fleeting memories, driven by thefear of what’s to come and reflect adornment for what is being left behind. The figures playupon our emotional ties with the external world and our internal dialogue. Light plays a roleof anticipation of what’s to come and holds weight in the way it stretches and builds uponthe landscapes and what occupies them. Its role shifts in the work depending on whetherthe context is engaging in nostalgia and memory or if it is diving into a more internal,psychological space. It is a metaphor for the consciousness of a present state, which is forme the act of ruminating. B. 1997 EDUCATION 2025Master of Fine Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 2020Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, TX GROUP EXHIBITIONs 2025The Summer Show, STAA, Covington, LAAUTOCAT, Automat Collective, Philadelphia, PASurreal Salon 17, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA curated by Evan Pricco 2024Anything That Moves, MFA Online Exhibition 2024, Montana State UniversityThrough Lines, 82 Parris Gallery, Portland, MaineWild, Glassel Gallery at the LSU Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA curated by Ron BechetLouisiana Contemporary 2024, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LAC curated by Lauren Hayes 2023Le Salon Des Bon Enfants, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA2023 National Juried Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS 2021TAC: Paper Works Show, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 202030 Under 30, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX 2019Hot & Sweaty, 500X Gallery, Fort Worth, TX SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2025Ground Level, Glassel Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA 2022Their Neck of the Woods, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX AWARDS 2025Surreal Salon 17 First Place Award, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA