I make art because it’s the only way I know how to process the chaos of being alive. My work moves between large, layered abstract paintings, gritty landscapes, and glass sculptures, all different genres, but all rooted in the same impulse: to capture what’s raw, fragile, and often overlooked.The abstracts are dense with linework and texture, built up like layers of memory and emotion that don’t resolve neatly but coexist in their own kind of beauty. My landscapes hold onto the places that shaped me, especially Philadelphia, before gentrification stripped away its grit. The sculptures—made from shattered glass—carry a danger inside their beauty, a reminder that what shines can also cut.
I live with severe mental illness, and I don’t hide it. I want mental illness to be seen as something tangible and beautiful, but still a little dangerous. It’s in the work—the restlessness, the intensity, the fractures and the rebuilding. Art gives me a way to turn that inner chaos into something tangible, something others can step into and see from their own angle. At the end of the day, I want my art to hold space for struggle and survival, and for the complicated beauty that comes out of both.
I’m an artist born and raised in Kensington, Philadelphia, a neighborhood that has shown me absolute beauty and has offered me safety in part of Philly that people see as decaying and scary. This shaped my creative perspective. I want to show people things they have never seen. My work dives into the tension between chaos and beauty, drawing inspiration from the streets, stories, and struggles of this ever-changing city. From capturing the raw edges of Kensington before gentrification to creating abstract mixed-media pieces that explore mental health and trauma, my art is about finding connection in the fragments.
When I’m not creating, you’ll find me wandering the streets of Fishtown and Kensington with my dog, always searching for the next spark of inspiration.
1995
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts, Art History
2015
Scenes of Kensington, DiPinto’s Guitar, Philadelphia, PA
2023
Art Under The EL, El Bar, Philadelphia, PA
Internationally Known, The International, Philadelphia, PA
2024
Calm Times, Higher Grounds, Philadelphia, PA
Scenes, Philadelphia Brewing Company, Philadelphia, PA
2024
A Calming Chaos, Off the Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2025
Clocked out, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Creativity in Chaos; Off the Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
New Kensington CDC Business Directory, Cover Art
2023
Peacock, featured in Beyond Words Literary Magazine (December 2023 issue)
