About The Collective

I create my work in hopes of colorfully exploring our inner and outer worlds as humans.
My work centers around the greater mysteries of this life, and I am largely inspired by the subject of human consciousness and connection—to each other and to the world around us. I work in many different mediums, including various different paints, clay, stained glass, silver, and more. I am a musician on the side and love to take my guitar on hikes and play for myself in the forest. Growing up, I didn't think I was going to be an artist (despite my inability to keep a pen off my paper and start a new creative project every other minute). I became discouraged at a very young age because it didn't seem like a practical career and, therefore, shouldn't be seriously pursued at all. 'It was a waste of time'. And because this feeling stuck within me, I grew up with this unconsciously adopted mindset that I am not an artist and I don't want to be one. Which is inherently not true- (everyone is an artist). The unconscious cycle continued, but at some point in my early 20s, I realized that I had never stopped making art. Regardless of the fact that I didn't want anything to do with it, I couldn't get away from it— I had to create. I realized that creating made me feel good, regardless of whether the work I made was any good or not. I figure if I continue to embrace this lifelong practice, then I might as well share it. Because the reality is that creativity sparks creativity. And then I realized that people around me were responding to it; it made them feel good too. Even if they didn't like my art, the act of putting myself out there inspired them. THEN I realized that art is not about practicality or career candidacy at all... it's about love. Art is a gift and can be such a powerful medicine. The purest form of art isn't created for money or in hopes of anything; it's something that flows out of you because it needs to, because it has no other choice but to come to fruition. That's what art is for me, it's something I do because I need to. It's a part of why I'm here and who I am. Sometimes my storefront or 'business' isn't always up and running, but that's because I am just a human. My main goal is not to make a profit, I just want to spread a little light to whoever might need it. I have hopes that this art will find those who will see it at the right time and place in their journey so as to move something within them. The collective is an idea, a feeling, and the essence of us all. Art speaks a language of its own.
It communicates something entirely different to each onlooker in an intricate and unique way.
Art is the language of the soul.