Nice to meet you!

When I was 22, a giant, stubborn grey horse walked into my life and taught me what it's like to have a partner you can truly rely on, complete with the ups and downs that have shown me how to persevere and prove to myself what's possible. We enjoy our leisurely days at home just as much as the competitive days at the horse show.

When I was 25, I rescued the hungriest, orneriest, but cutest puppy that has ever existed, and she taught me what it's like to love something so unconditionally, you'd bend over backwards. She so quickly became my best friend, and still is, as she sits below me listening to me type this, wondering when her next meal is.

But all through my relationships with my two best friends – and long before they both came along – there has been art. I began drawing and painting as a young child, feeling the pull toward anything creative as I grew up. My homework quickly became a new art project as I doodled (mostly horses) on all class assignments.

Those homework doodles, plus the unofficial launch of this business back in middle school, led me to study fine art at Duke University, then snagging a business degree from Wake Forest.

But now art has a deeper purpose. The love and dedication I've learned from the two animals I call my own is what guides me to pour all of myself into everything I create, because I know to someone, I'm capturing the thing they love most.