Over the years I have had a varied experience of the arts; two years of spring, summer, and fall art classes sponsored by the RRCA.  Art 1, Art 2, Studio Art and Commercial Art at Cumberland Regional.  My art teachers in school are very helpful and push me to do my best in and out of class.  I also get a lot of guidance from my creative family.

My favorite medium is graphite drawing.  I enjoy the raw image of the sketches and the monochromatic nature of the medium.  The other type of medium I enjoy working with is watercolor painting.  It too has a 'raw' feeling along with a wide range of application styles.  I feel lucky to have worked with so many mediums, thanks in large part to the RRCA programming as each class tended to present something new.

Nature is a very important part of my life.  I grew up on the Menantico River where my parents would take me on canoeing trips; on hot summer days my brother and I would swing out over the water on a rope swing.  We still go out for hikes in Fortescue.  I worry that the recent development that's happening in Cumberland County might mean that the rivers and wildlife won't be the same when I have my own family.   I find trees and their bark to be recurring themes in my own work which tends to be on the darker side.

In the future I plan to become a high school art teacher.  Starting in the fall I will begin attending Rowan University for a major in Art Education.  When I finish my studies I hope to travel to foreign countries, Australia in particular.  Art is more than a passing phase in my life and I plan to be involved in learning about it of the rest of my life.