I am a South Texas–based painter whose work explores the relationships between ecology, identity, place, and belonging. Rooted in sustained observation of the landscape, my practice begins by paying close attention to the patterns, energies, and interconnected systems that shape both the natural world and human experience.

Much of my work emerges through field-based "meditation paintings," created outdoors in direct response to a specific environment. These studies become the foundation for larger studio paintings that move between realism and abstraction, translating moments of encounter into layered visual experiences. Rather than depicting a landscape as scenery, I approach it as a living network of relationships.

Within the landscape, I confront a reality in which all parts are inextricably connected.  While human structures tend to view dominance as success, natural systems rely on diversity and balance.  Harm to one part is harm to the whole. 

In recent years, my practice has expanded beyond the more-than-human world to include questions of cultural ecology, personal and ancestral histories, and our evolving relationships to place. Through painting, collaborative research, and community engagement, I explore how identity is shaped by the environments we inhabit and the stories we inherit. I seek to create spaces for reflection on interdependence, resilience, and our responsibility to one another and the living world around us.