I began my love of art in college after covering my dorm room walls with the works of impressionist artists. Inspired by the prints I looked at all year, I staked claim on my older brother's room after he moved out to a place of his own. Not liking the red walls I inherited, I asked my parents if I could paint a full-sized mural of an Italian seaside village on one of the walls. Figuring it would only cost a can of paint to cover it, my parents obliged.

Upon seeing the completed work, friends and neighbors kept me busy during my summer breaks creating murals in homes in the Northern Virginia area.

After graduating, I turned my sights to oils on canvas and continued to pursue my love of painting with anything that inspired me or someone else!