This gallery presents a selection of commissioned, personal, and exhibition work. The pieces reflect a practice grounded in illustration, color, and detail, with an emphasis on thoughtful execution and emotional clarity. Together, they represent the range of my work across portraiture, landscape, branding, and design.
Client: Copic Markers
Medium: Copic markers, fineliner ink
Project Type: portrait illustration
Notes: Created as part of a three marker challenge created by Copic to foster excitement about new colors and palettes.
Client: Awakenings Coffee & Wine in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Medium: watercolor pencils, fineliner ink, and white gel pen
Project Type: fill exclusive gallery space at the coffee shop/wine bar for one month
Notes: Pushing both boundaries of color vibrancy as well as stamina and motivation, this project both challenged, and, ultimately, delighted me.
Client: The History Press/Arcadia Publishing
Medium: ink and digital color
Project Type: provide ~25 illustrations for a book about Cincinnati, Ohio
Notes: Born out of my Habitat: An Illustrated Perspective of CIncinnati self-published project, THP/Arcadia was actually only one of three publishers this work was submitted to.
Medium: ink and digital cleanup
Project Type: a self-initiated project for my ‘The Canna Artist’ alter ego in which free coloring book pages were shared on socials and web for the medical community to enjoy
Medium: ink and Procreate on iPad
Project Type: a self-initiated portfolio-building project with custom lens cloths designed for an eyewear brand.
Notes: each lens cloth was designed for, printed on, and hand-cut from modern jersey fabric to size.
Client: a Cincinnati, Ohio-based NPO
Medium: Photoshop
Project Type: icons created to represent each facet of the non-profit’s helping arms for an informational brochure
Client: Nurse “Kaneh Kate”
Medium: Procreate on iPad
Project Type: a series of images promoting education among the medical community, and beyond
Notes: These images were part of a weekly series published by Nurse “Kaneh Kate” on her Instagram to educate the public about hemp.
Client: Beneleaves
Medium: Procreate on iPad
Project Type: enamel pin designs for the Ohio processor, taken from sketch to ready for production
Notes: The challenge of this product was to accurately and symbolically represent the Ohio medical cannabis processor in such a way that would be appealing to adults only as well as represent the brand feel accurately.
Client: CannaQuestions blog
Medium: Procreate on iPad
Project Type: a series of images promoting education and a positive public perception of the cannabis plant and its effects.
Notes: These images were created while working closely with the writer of the CannaQuestions blog to summarize cleverly and accurately the content of each week’s post.
Client: a new makeup company
Medium: Procreate on iPad
Project Type: design for an eyeshadow palette being released by a start-up makeup company.
Client: JuicyKits
Medium: graphite, Photoshop
Project Type: a small online plant shop that wanted a tote bag design
Notes: Based upon a famous painting, the “parody” design was featured upon a tote bag for an online store selling succulents
A typographic response to my first AI interaction, examining clarity, accountability, and the limits of automation.
