I was born and raised in the small, rural town of Dover-Foxcroft, ME. My family has an old, multi-generational farm and growing up it was owned by my grandparents. They had many animals and lots of land and I spent most of my time outside with my pony, exploring the woods and fields. I loved drawing ever since I was young and horses were my favorite subject. I learned to observe the beautiful anatomy and movements of the animal and how to capture their essence on paper. Eventually I would discover painting and this sent me on the path I'm still on today. I now live in Gray, ME with my husband and our dog.
Though I am a lover of all animals and paint a large variety, horses remain one of my favorite subjects to paint and is something I will always go back to. I grew up watching old Western movies with my grandfather and pretending I was a cowgirl (if not a horse myself) for much of my childhood. I was also lucky enough to live in a town that had a local Equestrian-Theater/ Dressage Farm where I was surround by many other things that I loved: magic, music, costumes, and creative people! It was very inspiring. I worked on various farms as a teenager and had considered farm life as a career, but ultimately my love of art and creating drove me to go to art school, first attending the University of Maine, Orono as a Painting Major, then transferring to The Lyme Academy of Fine Art. After my second year however, I left school and married my Pianist/Composer high-school sweetheart and we've spent our years traveling and growing artistically together and have settled back in our home state of Maine.
I first began showing my work professionally, back in 2012, at local art festivals in New Orleans, where we lived for 2 years. This connected me to my first art gallery, Tripolo Gallery. I have since had my art shown across the country in LA, ME, CA, NY and CO. My work is currently being represented by Abend Gallery in Denver, CO, Moss Galleries in Falmouth, ME and Equis Art Gallery in Redhook, NY.
Aside from art, I have several other creative outlets. I play music with my husband and father in our family band: The Northern Grey. I also make handcrafted costume pieces and spooky art for my Etsy shop: Dark Hollow Arts. Halloween is my favorite time of year and I enjoy spending a much of my creative energy making each Halloween season as festive and memorable as possible! To do this, I volunteer throughout the whole year at one of my favorite places on earth, Haunted Overload in Lee, NH, where I help build props and sets and "haunt" there as an actor during October. I even tried my hand at creating a little home haunt of my own! You can follow my haunt passions on Instagram at: @_dark_hollow_
When I can, I enjoy participating in selling my creative works at local Art Markets/Festivals where I really get to immerse myself in the art world and interact with other artists and people who love it as much as me! Outside of the creative, I am a certified dog trainer and spent years walking and working with dogs. However, since moving to Maine in 2019, I've found myself dedicating most of my time to my art career and getting to know the local art community by working part-time at Moss Galleries. Though art keeps me very busy, I still find ways to surround myself with animals regularly and keep the passion to paint them alive, as well as nourish my soul.
