Artist Statement

Ever since I was a child and first learned to draw, art has been a passion I’ve pursued in life. It’s had its share of ups and downs as I navigate just what I’d like to do with my life. Do I want to be an art business? Do I want to animate? Do I want to be a photographer? It’s a journey I’ve had to learn to navigate while being an autistic artist.

While I’m still not sure if I’ll ever settle for just one branch of art, I do know what I’ve fallen in love with: glassblowing. It was a chance encounter my freshman year of school, finding the studio and watching the upperclassmen creating these amazing pieces out of molten glass. I would sometimes watch them for a few hours in-between classes, enthralled. Finally, I decided to myself, I had to get in there.

Amidst my studies I finally found time my final semester, and took an introductory course in glass. I was hooked instantly, and I spent ten years chasing that high until I was finally able to return to school.

It’s my hope that when I delve more into the medium, I can create intricately strange and amazing things. Horror has always been a big inspiration to me, and I have started translating my Omni Dolls into glass! More and more I’ve found I’m enjoying stained glass to blown, and I can’t wait to see what I come up with.