When I was six, I was introduced to a magical film by Dreamworks called Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. It’s about a horse and his difficult journey through the changing America of the mid 1800’s, but I was focused so much more on the feature DVD that came with it. The star animator, James Baxter, gave the audience a behind-the-scene peek at how he drew Spirit, step for step.

I didn’t know it at the time, but all the begging I did of my mother to put the feature DVD in so I could follow along wouldn’t only start me on my path to horseback riding, but art school as well!

Personally, art school was the only option I was ever interested in; I’d always been enthralled by the world and what she had to offer materialistically: geology, volcanology, archeology (a lot of -ology’s), the weather - my love for well-rounded and well-explained worlds just became my entire reason for wanting to storytell. I wanted to create worlds that other people could lose themselves in because it made sense and had gravity to it.

I guess I owe the whole jump-start to James Baxter and an animated horse.

Previous/Current Clients

• Anderson Design Group, Inc. // freelance artist // April 2021 - present

• Conceptual Trailer “Toraiocht” // prop artist // September - December 2023

• TTRPG “All the Witches” // character artist + costume designer // July - September 2023