I am a teaching artist from southwest Wisconsin currently residing in Minneapolis, MN. My personal work explores combinations of abstraction and realism to portray different takes on landscape and representational painting. I taught at the collegiate level for the Minneapolis Media Institute in Edina, MN for over four years and have also taught youth and adult classes at several art centers in the Twin Cities including the Eagan Art House, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, and Artistry (based at the Bloomington Center for the Arts). I currently work as a residential supervisor for a privately owned and operated group home for individuals with intellectual disabilities.