About the Artist

I invite viewers to recognize their own courage — to believe they can, and to be their own hero.

Believe You Can™ has been my life mantra for as long as I can remember. I grew up with a mom who praised my creativity and a dad who admired my determination, so dreaming big was never optional — it was expected.

I earned my degree in Industrial Technology with an emphasis in Graphic Arts from Illinois State University and spent years in Chicago’s financial world, but when my last company closed, I didn’t see it as failure. I saw it as permission.

That turning point led me to the Milan Art Institute and into the life I was always meant to live. Today I paint to ignite courage, purpose, and belief in others — the same belief that carried me through my own becoming.

Believe You Can™ | Be your own hero