About me

I didn’t start out my career being an artist, although I now know I’ve always had that within me. I originally studied business administration at LaTech University in Ruston Louisiana. I was finding it hard to want to do the work. I was so boxed in that all I wanted to do was art. I was afraid of what a move to an art major would mean so I combined my love of the outdoors and nature into a degree in Landscape Architecture. It required a transfer to LSU but I was finally learning design concepts and drawing techniques. During studio classes, the question was often posed of what something could do or be if it wasn't already assumed to do or be what it already was. This way of thinking led me down very interesting paths throughout my school years - one of which earned myself and my teammates an American Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award for our design. And so my journey began as a Landscape Architect when I graduated from Louisiana State University. While I worked as a Landscape Architect for a few years, I found working within the constraints of a clients needs, budgets, and honestly the physics of real world applications to be hugely draining. I yearned for the ideologies of school. The questions, the explorations, the trial and error. I was so privileged to be in at place in my life to be able to put down the landscape tools and pick up a canvas. That was almost ten years ago.

As an artist I want to show in exhibitions around the world,  to open my own gallery with studio space for visiting artists. I feel like the only way to successfully achieve those things is to expand my ideas and learn new techniques, refine my subject matter and grow my portfolio. That way one day you’ll see my work on display somewhere.

I am currently living in Nashville Tennessee where I’ve been the past 6 years.  The past 3 years have been rather wild. I was severely injured in 2020  followed by surgery in early 2021. Shortly after finishing up physical therapy I found out I was pregnant in late 2021. Had my little miracle in August 2022 and have been doing 24/7 mom life since then. In early 2024 my son was able to get into a day care. When I was finally able to breathe in my own free time I started to feel like an individual again. I found myself wanting to create again and wanting to be back in the creative world I had so loved. I’ve basically been working towards that ever since.

Im currently stepping back into a series I began 3 years ago. Follow along in my blog for more updates there!

—Sara