Drawing portraits for a live event as a college student in 2014 at the Noel Fine Arts Center (NFAC) UW-Stevens Point. I’ve recently fallen back in love with painting human portraits. When I started to take painting seriously, as a junior in high school, I thought of portraits as one of the most significant and meaningful forms of art. Maybe it's because I grew up with a pastel portrait of my mom and aunt as kids in a drawing that my grandmother has. As a college student in UW

I'm very honored to share that my painting Window Shopping at Ritter's Soda received Best of Show at this year's Paint Cedarburg Plein Air Event. Thank you to the event organizers, volunteers, collectors, sponsors, participating artists, and judges Troy Tatlock, Wendie Thompson, and Lori Beringer for the award. I made a live stream recording that covers my experience from the week which can be watched here: I made four paintings for the event that explored some different comp