I am an American-born emerging visual artist who has lived and worked in Europe for over twenty years. After spending two decades in the Netherlands, I am now based in Denmark. My creative practice is shaped by a long professional background in interior design, alongside an ongoing engagement with music and poetry. Following more than eleven years working as an interior designer, my focus has shifted toward developing an intuitive, emotionally driven visual art practice.
My design background has provided a strong foundation in composition, spatial awareness, material sensitivity, and rhythm. While these skills continue to inform my work, my current artistic direction intentionally moves beyond functionality and problem solving. I am interested in open-ended processes that allow emotion, memory, and embodied experience to guide the development of each piece. This transition marks a conscious shift toward expression, intuition, and experimentation rather than predetermined outcomes.
My visual work is process-led and deeply informed by my parallel practice as a musician, songwriter and poetry. Rhythm, repetition, and movement play a central role in how I approach visual language, influencing pacing, mark-making, layering, and flow. I often think of my visual process in musical terms, allowing tempo, variation, silence and intuition to shape the work as it unfolds. Poetry further informs my sensitivity to metaphor, emotional nuance, and associative meaning.
Nature plays a big role in my work, especially landscapes like the ocean and forests. These places feel grounding and reflective to me, and I often see them as mirrors for inner emotions and lived experiences. The steady movement of waves, the quiet density of a forest, and the unpredictability of wild nature all reflect the emotional spaces I’m interested in exploring. Rather than just being subjects, these environments actively influence how I work and the mood of what I create.
Right now, I’m developing a visual language that sits between structure and freedom. My background in design gives me a strong framework, but I’m intentionally making room for intuition, chance, and instability in the process. As an emerging artist, I’m focused on experimenting with materials and exploring how visual art can connect with music and poetry. I’m especially interested in creating work that feels immersive and emotionally engaging.
Alongside this shift in my practice, I’m also rethinking how I present myself professionally. I’m in the process of developing a new company name and visual identity that better reflect where my work is headed. This feels like an important step in bringing my public presence into alignment with my current practice and future direction. Ultimately, my goal is to create work that offers space for reflection, connection, and shared experience.
