My art playfully pushes the boundaries between darkness and humor. Incorporating elements from life and death. Using watercolor, acrylic, pyrography, and pen and ink to portray those things that inspire and delight me. Born and raised in New Orleans, my cultural heritage heavily influences my work.

I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and my art is heavily influenced by my culture and the city. I relocated to Leicester a few years ago, I am inspired by the beauty in the natural world around me. I have always been drawn to the Macabre and dark nature of things, but I am also the class clown type and that is very reflective in my work. I began painting at a very young age, beginning with Vampires, with whom I was obsessed. My mom got me Private art lessons and I continued my art instruction in high school and college.

I graduated from Loyola University New Orleans in 2009 with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, with an emphasis in painting and printmaking. I began teaching painting classes while selling my own paintings. At this time, I began doing pet portrait commissions in order to pay for my Dachshund’s back surgery and the portraits became immensely popular. I still currently paint pet portraits by commission and they can appear as they are or attired in period costume.

In addition to pet portraits by commission, my art is heavily influenced by New Orleans, nature, and folklore. My works range from a portrait series called “Folklore Muses” which depict various female folklore figures, watercolor skull and plant paintings, watercolor/pen and ink mixed media North Carolina bird paintings. I have a series of pyrography/paint mixed media paintings depicting skeletons in various settings.

My work straddles the border of dark and playful using skeletons, folkloric themes, and my sense of humor in my creations.

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