About Me

I grew up on a farm in West Alabama, surrounded by animals, open land, and the outdoors. From a young age, I was drawn to creating long before I ever thought of art as anything more than what I simply loved to do. The first time my family realized I could draw was on the floor of my Meme’s house, where I colored a picture of my sister and me as ballerinas. Not long after, I painted my first rooster in the back room of my mother’s antique store using leftover paint and a piece of old wood from a broken piece of furniture, which was fitting, since a rooster was the store’s logo.

My mother didn’t know whether to be upset that I had painted on antique wood or proud that I could paint at all. When a woman walked in and asked to buy it, she laughed, certain no one would want it. I sold that rooster for twenty-five dollars and walked down the street to buy myself a chocolate milkshake and a burger at Gene’s & Ellen’s. By the age of five, I had sold over two hundred and fifty roosters. I still remember my kindergarten teacher running through the halls holding my drawings, sketched over classwork, showing everyone what I had done that day.

I fell in love with bright colors, feathers, and animals, especially roosters, and even now La Vie en Rose  plays in my head every time I see one. As the youngest of three, I found my place through art. While most Friday nights were spent at football games for my brother and sister, mine were spent painting. Around six years old, I began taking commissions for horses, cows, roosters, and other animal subjects, studying photos from books and bringing them to life.

My sister and I both barrel raced growing up, and at a rodeo in Mississippi, we decided to set up my first art booth. Between runs, people lined up to commission paintings of their horses. Girls would run back to the stables to grab photos and bring them to me, and on a typical day, I completed forty to fifty paintings. My family, especially my aunts, played a huge role in helping my business grow.

When COVID hit, I spent quarantine back on my family’s farm in Jefferson, Alabama. My cousin, who is also an artist, turned our Meme’s old cottage into a studio and painted from sunup to sundown. With school online, I spent every extra minute creating. Each morning, I looked out my window at the fields and watched deer graze, and during that time, I truly fell in love with the outdoors.

Hunting has always been part of my life, and my commissions naturally evolved into painting hunting dogs and wood ducks, with the rooster slowly taking a back seat. I found inspiration in old hunting catalogs and stories because they felt timeless. At seventeen, I took a leap of faith and began live wedding painting, not knowing exactly what I was doing but trusting myself enough to try. During my senior year of high school, I completed seventeen live wedding paintings, with Saturday weddings replacing high school dances.

I now attend Auburn University and paint whenever I can. My love for hunting, animals, and the land continues to grow. God’s creation inspires my work more than anything: the simplicity, the beauty, and the way His animals live so effortlessly. Painting them has opened doors I never imagined possible. Art is a part of who I am, and without it, I would be a ship without a captain.