About Me

“The body, and it alone, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine. It was created to transfer into the visible reality of the world the mystery hidden since time immemorial in God, and thus be a sign of it.”

-Pope John Paul II, General Audience of Wednesday, February 20th, 1980

It is my mission as an artist to lead others to a deeper love and contemplation of He who is Beauty. As an art student studying for my BFA, I became increasingly drawn to the human form in my art. It was around this time that I responded to Christ’s invitation to a deeper relationship through prayer and the study of my Catholic faith. It was in my sophomore year that I discovered the teachings of St. John Paul II on the Theology of the Body, which helped me to articulate something I had come to know intuitively, that the human body communicates to us the mystery of God in a privileged way. While God the divine Artist with a capital “A” expresses something of himself through all of creation, He chose to make man and woman in His image as well as unite Himself to us through the mystery of the Incarnation.

From 2012 to 2014 I had the privilege of being part of the first cohort of the Sacred Art School in Florence, Italy. I had been in contact with the founder of the school, Dony MacManus, since I reached out to him in college, as I saw that he is a Catholic figurative artist impacted by St. John Paul II’s  Theology of the Body as well. Being in Florence, surrounded by beautiful art that flowered from a Catholic culture over the course of generations, had a profound impact on me. Turning the corner on any number of side streets and seeing shrines and images honoring Christ, Our Lady and the saints made me feel like I was in a place that was more human, while at the same time being a taste of heaven on earth. While in Florence I was able to enter into a conversation with the Old Masters,  who continue to inspire me.

Through my own paintings and sculptures engaging with mysteries of the faith, I hope to contribute to the revival of sacred art which we are experiencing in our own time, through which this great tradition of beauty lives on. My approach combines research of tradition, study of nature as well as imagination to make new expressions of liturgical and devotional art for churches, institutions and homes. My experience as both a painter and sculptor as well as my study of anatomy helps me to come at creative challenges from a number of angles, making me well equipped to work with clients to turn their inspiration into a work of original sacred art. While I draw broadly from the Church’s artistic tradition, stylistically I am in closest conversation with Renaissance and Baroque masters.