More than anything, I love to make art!
FROM PHOTOS TO PAINTING TO DESIGN
Little Me (by popular request!)
I grew up outside Boston in a small town with one traffic light and endless trees, on an old apple farm bordered by stone walls. As a kid, I’d check the pet classifieds every week, begging for a puppy and always getting a “maybe.” Summers meant Nahant Beach or biking through hilly streets with friends.
I got to study at Mass College of Art and Design and meet some pretty cool, legendary photographers along the way.
I’ve since lived in Brooklyn, Chicago, and Berlin - cities that shaped my love for travel and creativity. I've collected vintage Vespa scooters and make music with my Omnichord. I love modernist architecture and am working on learning to speak German. These days, I’m never far from my two expressive English springer spaniels.
Getting Creative
I enrolled in whatever creative course I could fit into my high school schedule - whether it was photography, TV production, or advanced drawing techniques. I got accepted into a small art college called Montserrat located a little coastal New England city called Beverly, Massachusetts. Being much more of a city girl, I transferred quickly to Massachusetts College of Art and Design. I love how color and light interact, and spent many hours doing large oil paintings, or perfectly color balancing silver prints in the color photography darkroom. In between semesters, I would take money I saved while working at galleries and bookstores and go travel to places like London, Malibu or Amsterdam.
The Real World
I lived for a few years in New York City and Berlin but now I call both Chicago and Boston home. I photographed fashion editorial, documentary subjects and architecture. When I started photographing weddings, I saw how my fashion editorial, documentary and architectural backgrounds all sort of magically came together. On my spare time I love learning about all sorts of design, riding vintage Vespa scooters and traveling.
Things I Love
I love a lot of things that are a touch off the mainstream: secondary colors (you know, the oranges, greens, purples), the bass guitar instead of the regular guitar, and prefer traveling to places like Stockholm or Barcelona as opposed to Los Angeles or London.
I'm based in Chicago and Boston but I will travel anywhere... seriously, anywhere. Try me.