Artists’ Studios is a series of gouache and mixed media paintings of famous artists’ studios, working loosely from photographs. When reference images were scarce, I turned instead to each artist's own artwork, palette, process, and style. The goal was never an exact representation, but a gesture.

I'm inspired by artists' personal spaces: their supplies, their clutter, the evidence of how they actually work. There's something magical about the places where artists live and make things. I wouldn't call the studio a "happy place," exactly, since making art isn't always comfortable. But it's where we long to be, and where we show up with our full selves: vulnerable and curious. Painting these rooms, I often felt like a time traveler, slipping into another era to stand where someone I admire once stood.

My hope is that when you view these works, you feel like a visitor too. That you can imagine yourself placed within the scene, sense the presence of the artist who once stood there, and find the poetry of someone else's personal space.

In the end, these paintings are about our surroundings and the power of place, and in a way, they're portraits of my art ancestors.

Showing at The Writers’ Block from Nov. 4th-Dec. 16th, 2026
818 NW Flanders + NW Park
First Thursday Artist Receptions on November 5th + December 3rd, 5-8pm