It was an honor to speak to the North Raleigh Rotary Club as part of their local entrepreneur spotlight series this month! Through my presentation I shared my journey as an artist, how I embrace the mindset of community over competition when connecting with fellow emerging artists, and my experience in downtown Raleigh as a business owner with a community facing art studio.

This month launched the start of monthly Co-Create session for working artists in Raleigh and the surrounding area! Centered around creativity, networking and collaboration, these sessions will be open spaces to discuss all things art and art business with fellow working artists!

The creative process is anything but linear. In this studio update I share the progress of my sunrise series including personal life events that have effected my creative process, the meaning behind the marks that I am using to bring this series to life, and my vision for where I see this series going next.

After completing my Launch Raleigh Business Program in Fall 2021, I became eligible to participate in the 2022 Launch Raleigh Pitch Contest!

FRESH is a celebration of NC artists. With a new twist on our biennial fundraiser, FRESH not only includes both an open and a juried exhibition, but also live music as part of FRESH Sounds, FRESH Perspectives with panel discussions, roundtables, artist talks, and more, as well as programming for families with Artspace’s FRESH Family Day.

This video is a behind the scenes view of my art studio as I start a brand new painting series! This series explores new variables in my work including a more rigid discipline of when my painting time takes place!

Come along this colorful journey with me! This is part 1 of a video series documenting art studio layout updates, breakthrough moments, lessons learned, and behind the scenes of my creative process as paintings come to life and I build a fine art business on step at a time.

In November 2021 I gave an in-person artist talk presentation for a Campbell University Honors Course discussing the last 10 years of my creative development and influences. Thank you Campbell for letting me share my experiences with your students and showing them that the creative journey is anything but linear.

The first annual Healing Transitions Art of Recovery event left attendants with a new perspective on addiction and recovery. As an exhibiting artist at the event it was wonderful meeting so many new people and lifting each other up through positive energy, support, and breaking the stigma of addiction in our society!

311 Gallery, located in downtown Raleigh NC, curated work from Raleigh artists to explore Edge and Form. This group exhibition explores the future of Hard-Edge Abstraction featuring the work of Adriana Ameigh, Anna Payne, Rodgers Previtte, Jackie Sanders and Sterling Bowen.

ArtWorks Oriental is Oriental, NC’s newest art gallery and it is an honor to be featured in their newest gallery exhibition. This display includes work by 29 artists from across the United States working in 17 different mediums!

Industrious Wells Fargo is a stunning workspace, located downtown in a newly-renovated building, offers over 27,000 square feet of space in Raleigh's central business hub. The Industrious Wells Fargo Capitol Center is thoughtfully-designed to boost your productivity and complete with best-in-class services and amenities.

As 1 of the 20 small business owners selected to be part of the Launch Raleigh 2021 Class, I am excited to jump into this program and scale my business strategically in order to better serve my clients and the greater arts community.

The creative process is different for every artist. So what happens when a piece in progress is taken away from one artist and given to another to “finish”?

This question is explored in Artspace’s exhibition “Remix”, featuring collaborative artwork from 18 tenant artists.

The Garner Performing Arts Center is an intimate 471-seat auditorium located inside of the former Garner High School and is conveniently located in the Historic District of Downtown Garner.

Home to a rotating display of local artistry, the art gallery is located in the main lobby of the Garner Performing Arts Center.

ArtWorks Oriental is Oriental, NC’s newest art gallery and it is an honor to be featured in their newest gallery exhibition. This display includes work by 29 artists from across the United States working in 17 different mediums!

Artspace, the place where my community facing art studio is, was recently featured on the PBS show “NC Weekend”. The wonderful host, Deborah Holt Noel, visited our studios and toured the building as an opportunity to celebrate one of the many incredible creative spaces in North Carolina.

Art Around Town is a community art project for the residents of Garner and artists from surrounding areas to participate in a temporary art exhibit that will illustrate community and natural beauty and bring joy, healing, and civic engagement.