Originally from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, I attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Visual Arts/Savannah and earned my B.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from San Francisco Art Institute in 1999. With a father as a veterinarian and an artist mother, my affinity for animals and art began when I was in pre-school. I explore many mediums including film and mixed media, but painting is my true love.