04/16/2026
Life update: One year of tattooing in the books, and I'm going to be starting my MFA this summer at SAIC's low residency program. Tattooing has been a new muse in my practice, and I'm very proud of how far I've come in such a short time. I love how much it interacts with identity, transformation and abstraction in such permanent terms. I see myself doing this for a long time. I'm also excited to start my MFA, explore SAIC and Chicago while being able to keep my life in Seattle.
This painting is a distillation of many of the themes in my work and its scale allows it to really engulf the viewer. The tattoo was my first done on a human (myself) a year ago, and is a bridge between where I was and where I'm going. It didn't heal the cleanest but you live and you learn lol.
I'm also sad to say I've left my first Seattle art studio. It was where I really came into myself as an artist after undergrad and also where I learned to tattoo. To leave is to change and it was time. My new space is almost ready, and I'm excited to continue my practice there.
If you've engaged with my art or gotten a tattoo from me, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. I'm so grateful to wake up every day and choose creation. I love you!
