i was born in new york city and raised in pasadena. i have an amazing family full of artists, writers, teachers, chefs, photographers, and designers. i love, love, love reading and writing...i can take or leave the 'rithmetic. i pride myself on my quick wit and ability to get along with just about anyone...except bigots and snobs and assholes. i liked making dirt tacos and trying to sell them instead of lemonade when i was a kid (did you know red geraniums make a great garnish?). i also used to plant chewing gum thinking it would grow into a glorious gum tree. i have a good heart (as in, it beats properly). i am stubborn as molasses in the dead of winter but i'm working on that. i'm also open-minded...so whatever floats your boat is cool with me as long as you ain't hurtin' nobody! i pretty much work, hang out with my friends and family, write poetry, draw, cuddle with my french bulldog, drink amstel light, wear sneakers whenever i can, and act a fool.
i graduated from loyola marymount in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in illustration. i then went on to makeup school and have been working as a makeup artist ever since.
i have worked with many musicians including rocco deluca and the burden, simple plan, lifehouse, the killers, bowling for soup, good charlotte, motley crue, ima robot, duran duran, hellogoodbye, ross copperman, ron sexsmith, test your reflex, mayday parade, lil chris, bone thugs n harmony, cypress hill, trapt, faber drive, mc lars, brick and lace, jessie baylin, max morgan, sierra swan...
my commercial clients include nike, windstream, bud light, sony, partnership for a drug free america, boys and girls club of america, made clothing, beverlyhillsbookie.com...
my work and i have been featured on gametrailers.com and the hills for mtv, america's next top model, the janice dickinson modeling agency (oxygen), platinum weddings (we), celebrity cooking showdown (nbc), live like a star (fox), extra!...
my artistry has appeared in nylon, ok!, the knot...
i have painted the faces of lydia hearst, molly sims, kate walsh, bijou phillips, vanessa trump, lauren conrad, audrina patridge, heidi montag, whitney port, amy brenneman, claudia mason, pell james, vinessa shaw, tara lipinski, frances fisher...
i have had the pleasure of working with directors such as frank borin, benny boom, p.r. brown, matthew gray gubler, hugo cariss, dan levinson, michael martin, marco de la torre...and amazing photographers including jesse dylan, steven meisel, james minchin, mark mann, christopher ewers, olmsteadschlotter...
press play to see a small sampling of my work below...
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