Canine training is a passion of mine as I am apart of a service dog team. My teammates name is Rocky and he is a Staffordshire Terrier. I have had him since he was weaned off his mom in November of 2018.  Rocky has improved my quality of life immensely. Before Rocky life after the military was hard.  I found myself having trouble wanting to be around people, controlling my moods and so many other things.  Since having him I've gotten out more and it even improved my grades in college and gave me more courage to fully immerse myself into an art practice that allowed me to heal more.   

As an artist I use my human experience as the focus of my art practice, the good, the bad and the struggles in between.  I use my art practice as fuel in my creative process to heal.  In doing so I get myself the courage to push the limits of many mediums and incorporate both conventional and unconventional methods of application to convey feeling.  I attempt to take viewers on a journey though my healing process.  In that I also have to give myself the freedom to create freely and that is where my resin, paper and vinyl art are given the chance to truly bloom.  It is a welcomed break from healing and gives me space to take a break.  I work in a number of mediums and as the days progress I trying to experience and explore more.  From photography, resin, clay, oil and watercolor paint, yarn to plaster and concrete I am given a multitude of different setting times, workability, textures to convey different feelings.