(please use the same booth description from last year for the map if i'm selected to participate)
I am a full time narrative visual artist. I tell stories in many mediums. I favor the use of vivid color and heavy linework. My work is not photorealistic. It is fanciful, fun, entertaining, sometimes cartoonish, but subtly thought-provoking. I am fond of layering deeper meaning in my work — unnoticed stories, but accessible if you see them. I have exhibited in over 90 locations across Chicagoland. I have been a featured artist for Chicago Artist Month, have exhibited at Harold Washington Library and recently opened solo exhibits at Dittmar Gallery and One River Art School. I was a featured/commissioned artist and guest speaker at the 39th annual International Conference of Fantastic in the Arts. I have installed four murals in Oak Park, Illinois, as a part of their city mural project. In 2018, I painted a wine barrel at City Winery Chicago Riverwalk to benefit Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. I have illustrated a 400-page webcomic and designed and produced two Lenormand decks — like tarot: "Turned Earth," featuring images of beloved Midwest Indiana, and "Worldview," featuring illustrations of my paintings. They can be found all over the world. In 2023, I was commissioned by my hometown (Crown Point, Indiana) to design, brand and execute a piece of public art as a the focal point of a walking tour, funded by the Indiana Destination Development
