I’ve spent four decades experimenting, failing, and dreaming. All with one goal in mind—finding a home for my creativity. For decades, I developed and explored everything from painting and cartooning, to writing full length novels and illustrating childrens’ picture books, in an effort to find a balance between career and creativity. I’m dyslexic and ADHD—a combination that's blessed me with a fiercely creative mind, but has also made my relentless pursuit of balance a mind numbing and difficult path to navigate.

I did what any frustrated, overly creative, neurodiverse soul would do in my situation—I learned to become an orthodontic lab technician. (I'll spare you that part of the story) The labratory job helped pay the bills for twenty four years as I continued feeding and honing my creative skills, during evenings and on weekends. The lab eventually became a destructive and draining force in my life. As I gained more confidence and experience, I ultimately found myself with less and less creative energy at the end of each day. Finally, in march of 2024, I made the right choice, and I resigned from my decades long career. I never looked back.

I'm a self taught artist. My skills are nurtured through years of practice, failure, and the ongoing support of a diverse professional community—resulting in a robust, eclectic, and highly adaptive skillset I'm very proud of. Surface pattern design is without a doubt my favorite discipline in all my years of art practice. Patterns came to me in an unexpected and serendipitous way, while I was researching a completely unrelated topic (something like page layouts in adobe indesign) There it was, a random video about pattern design, something completely new to me, and yet, it had a familiarity that was incredibly inviting to my neurodivergent mind. But not just that—I saw so many additional upsides. It had practical and commercial applications, unbelievable room for style and diversity, and an obvious, and nearly limitless market—because people buy patterns—a lot. I found the path I'd been seeking, and I invested my hard earned money and much of my free time into learning everything I could about my new favorite medium in the world. I’m so glad I did. 

I live in Richmond, Virginia, a mile from the James River, with my wife and two Dachshunds, where I'm starting my new exciting venture into design services and patterned apparel. I'm still pattern obsessed, and I I'd love to help you elevate your next project.

Cheers