I help high-vibe businesses and humans look AMAZINGGG digitally and in print. Combining graphic design, photography, and mixed media art, I turn dreamy ideas into visual realities, creating valuable impressions that last, intriguing audiences both new and established. I specialize in creative direction, branding, logos, and SquareSpace websites, but I’m also an expert in other fun projects like album and poster art (for bands, musicians, festivals, venues), labels and packaging (for products, food, and beverages), menus (for restaurants, cafes, and bars), photography (portraits, elopements, engagements, nature, travel, lifestyle, etc), and abstract expressionist paintings. I focus on creatively oriented work that involves fine artistry, expression, illustration, energy, color, and other magical, vibrational things that light me up inside. If this feels like something you’d like to collaborate on — let’s cosmically connect! The universe brought you to me for a reason. 🎨✌🏼💖🪩🌿🌙
Industries, businesses & humans I like to collab with:
Small Businesses / Entrepreneurs / Therapists / Astrologers
Creatives / Artists / Photographers / Interior Designers
Health & Wellness / Environmental / Sustainable Farms / Nonprofits / Education
Bands / Musicians / Festivals / Record Labels
Museums / Galleries / Venues
Cannabis / Breweries / Spirits
Restaurants / Bars / Cafés / Food / Beverages
Weddings / Elopements / Engagements / Events
Fashion / Apparel / Beauty
Women / LGBQTIA+ / BIPOC
I have a strong background in marketing and art, so I understand that having a stunning visual identity matters more than ever in our rapidly changing world. That's why regardless of if it's the look and feel of a logo, the layout of text on a website, the lighting in a photo, or anything else that involves aesthetics — I approach each detail in the projects that I touch with an artistic expertise informed by a passion for design.
Whether you’re a small business, large organization, or striking out on your own — my creative skills will help you look authentically professional, make more money, and expand in allllllll the best ways. If you’re interested in intuitive and collaborative artistic services catered to your unique situation in the modern world, contact me!
Wanna know more?
I've been working professionally in the creative industry for 16+ years, “freelancing” full-time for 10+ years, and received my BA in Graphic Design + Minor in Studio Arts from San Jose State University of California in 2009. Originally from California (Santa Cruz / San Francisco / San Gregorio / San Jose / Thousand Oaks / Westlake / San Diego +), I moved to Portland, Oregon in the spring of 2022 after living in Chicago, Illinois from 2012 to 2020, and roadtripping the USA for all of 2021 and half of 2022. I’ve moved a lot, but it’s made me a well-rounded, adventurous, and adaptable human with the ability to gather and alchemize inspiration from almost anywhere. I love connecting with new people, visiting new places, trying new things, and keeping an open mind, heart, and soul through it all.
Aside from geeking out creatively, I love being in nature, moving my bod, hearing / seeing / making weird music, deep-ass conversations with friends, writing poetry, reading about Astrology / Human Design / Consciousness / Dreams / Mysticism / Past Lives / Spiritual Psychology / Manifestation / Health, traveling, and craft beverages of alllllll kinds. If you know anything about my last name, I’m into that kind of thing too 😘. I’m a triple Aries, a HSP (highly sensitive person), a lil psychic, highly intuitive, a mystic thinker, an alchemist, a Generator with a 5/1 Profile and Emotional Authority in Human Design, and Type 2 (The Helper) on the Enneagram.
Questions? Reach out!
“The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness."
— Massimo Vignelli
CLIENT LISTS
(Yes, lists! 16+ years in the creative industry — would you expect anything less?!)
PUBLISHED
Logo & branding for Kinsley by Fairgrounds, Eater Chicago 2022
Logo, branding, packaging designs, & illustrations for Invicto, ABC 7 Chicago News 2019
Logo, branding, window designs, & illustrations for Invicto, Chicago Tribune 2018
Wedding photography, Chi Thee Wed 2018
Portrait photography for Elle Casazza featured, Voyage Chicago 2018
Location, interior, & detail photography for Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea, Forbes 2018
Location, interior, & detail photography for Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea in Zagat: 7 Things to Know About Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea 2017
Location, interior, & detail photography for Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea, Zagat: 10 Hottest Coffee Shops in Chicago 2017
Location, interior & detail photography for Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea, Imbibe Magazine 2017
Portrait photography, Chicago Tribune 2016
Food photography & styling for Protein Bar Restaurants, Thrillist 2014
Food photography & styling for Protein Bar Restaurants, Refinery29 2014
Window sign designs for Protein Bar Restaurants, Eater Washington, DC 2013
ART EXHIBITIONS
ARTIST STATEMENT
Life influences my art.
Things that happen in my dreams and in real life show up on my canvases. These days, my work leans towards abstract expressionist acrylic paintings, but I have years of experience with a wide range of art forms. When it comes to my mixed media work, I tend to tell personal stories and experiences by collaging things like drawings and photographs with different paints and inks, creating abstract, surreal scenarios. Sometimes I'll attach items I've discovered in nature or recycled objects I've collected from my daily adventures to add a special, multi-interpretational dimension to each work of art.
I truly believe that there are no mistakes in art, only opportunities. This concept can lead me to work on a single piece intermittently for months, even years, on end. I continue to experiment by adding different mediums over time, bringing contrast and 3D qualities to flat surfaces. I love bright colors, the abstract, emotions, and psychedelia – all of which I try to convey through my choices of paints, mediums, aesthetic, motion, and textures. I believe in the power of the cosmos and energies that we can't always see, (but we can feel). These ideas are what get me started on each new piece of art, and also what help me decide when a masterpiece is finished.
Inspiration comes from sources both in and outside of myself every single day... From things like music, to nature and the news, visions during meditations / walks, a hidden message in a dream, the words of a therapist / mentor / teacher, the hustle and bustle of the cities I visit, or the process of creation alone. The subconscious mind, songs, auras, movement, and my ever-changing surroundings influence each thing that I make.