2.04.24
A garage accident involving a falling bookshelf changed everything. The following months would reveal that groups of neural connections between the left and right parietal lobes of my brain were severed.
The resulting injury severely disrupted my ability to process visual stimuli, integrate the senses, and function independently. My nearly 20 year engineering career was put on pause.
In April of 2024, a painting adventure started - 10 cans of spray paint from the hardware store, some scrap cardboard, and a handful of acrylics from an impulse buy at the craft store years prior. What was initially paint blobs and spray paint splatters on the back porch, grew into a visual diary of my recovery. I began painting. Every. Day.
Today
As I continue to navigate the new “normal” my goal is to make art that tugs at you. On a good day, it makes you think; and on a great day, it makes you feel all the feels.
Not classically trained in any medium (and sometimes with the attention span of a gnat), my style continues to evolve through a lot of trial and error. My focus at any given time can be best seen through the groups of paintings in a “collection”.
Each day brings a new experiment and each piece is a testament to finding beauty in the unexpected (as well as many unconventional uses of things from the hardware store).
I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to share my work and help bring life to the blank walls out there! :) Let’s continue the adventure together…