Frequently Asked Questions

My primary medium is acrylic paint, and my most used brands are Blick Studio, Liquitex Basic, and Amsterdam. My fluid acrylic recipe includes Floetrol, water, and sometimes Liquitex pouring medium or Elmer’s Glue-All. I often add silicone to my fluid paints to further aid in the creation of cells. For varnishing, I most often use ArtResin these days.

My art room is full of all sorts of art supplies that I pull from when I feel like I want to switch things up. Some of my recent favorites are acrylic inks and paint pens. 

Yes! I love taking commissions. I really enjoy the process of working with my clients to bring their visions to life and put my own spin on them. I do find that commissions take me a LONG time these days, so I am planning to take fewer of them moving forward. Let me know if you’re interested so I can reserve your spot and get you more information on process and pricing.  

It took me a LONG time to finally settle on my logo, and ultimately the base of my inspiration was the Fibonacci sequence. The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where each number is the sum of the previous two. It starts with 0 and 1, 1 (0+1), 2 (1+1), 3 (1+2), 5 (2+3), etc. This sequence, and more famously the Fibonacci spiral, is found all over nature, from sunflower seed patterns to shapes of galaxies. In my mind, the Fibonacci sequence/spiral is a perfect encapsulation of how artistic beauty and scientific structure co-exist all throughout the universe. 

I ended up not using the Fibonacci spiral explicitly in my logo, because it felt a little too obvious. Rather, I created these circles whose diameters correspond to the first 5 numbers in the sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5), and then arranged the circles pseudo-randomly to resemble the shapes and cells that pop up in my artwork.

As a kid I liked art when the challenge was coloring inside the lines - I seemed to master that skill early. When we all started getting older and being good at art meant seeing light and depth and practicing and interpreting emotions, that’s when I dropped off. I leaned hard into the sciences and considered myself not artistic for at least 15 years. (Disclaimer in this statement is that I was pretty involved with high school photography, but that always felt different for me. I didn’t have to be good at creating beauty, I just had to have an eye to see it in the world.)

In graduate school I started learning more about making figures and schematics and using visuals to explain data. At the same time, I was having a really hard time with my mental health. Reasons why included predispositions for depression and anxiety, being a millennial in my mid 20s, and being in graduate school, but the point is that I eventually decided to give acrylic pouring a try. I watched videos online that amazed me - the combination of the physics and chemistry of fluid paints and the beautiful and colorful organic patterns that appeared. All the videos were designed to show you the process, so I did some internet deep dives and bought some paints and gave it all a try. Four years later, art has become a major source of fulfillment for me, and I’ve made at least a few hundred pieces, including over 35 commissioned works.