A few years ago, an accident unexpectedly changed the course of my life. At the time, I was pursuing a career that I believed would support a much bigger dream. In a single moment, that path disappeared — along with the future I had imagined for myself.

What followed became an invitation to choose how I would move forward. Not all at once, but slowly over time, I began learning how to hold both heartbreak and hope together. Rather than allowing loss to define me, I chose to pursue joy, perspective, and faith in the midst of uncertainty.

As an act of trust, I stepped into painting full-time. About a year into that journey, the Journey Series emerged through what I can only describe as a divine encounter — the beginning of a body of work centered on skies, perspective, and the quiet invitation to look up.

I paint skies because they remind me that life is larger than any one moment, circumstance, or loss. Each piece is rooted in reflection, faithfulness, and the beauty that can still be found along the journey. Painting has become both a personal practice of remembrance and a way of offering peace, hope, and rest to others.

Recently, I was asked about the three words I use most often in my studio: Joy. Perspective. Paint.

Those words have become the foundation of both my work and my mission. While painting continually reminds me to choose joy and maintain perspective, my deeper hope is to offer those same gifts to others through the experience of art.

I invite you into this story. My hope is that when you encounter — or live with — one of my pieces, it creates space for reflection, conversation, and connection. That somehow, through color and light, you are reminded to pause, breathe deeply, and look up.