Romantic art and stories for unconventional hearts.
I am an artist, writer, and visual art educator working across various media, including mixed media, painting, photography, drawing, and historical romance.
My work is rooted in atmosphere, memory, texture, flowers, old architecture, and the emotional pull of imagined places. Whether I am layering paint and ephemera or building a Victorian love story, I am drawn to romantic, weathered worlds where beauty, history, and unconventional hearts meet.
The Earl’s Undoing
As a historical romance author, I am drawn to unconventional characters, intimate emotional transformation, and richly imagined Victorian worlds.
My first book series, The Unconventional Victorians, follows characters in 1880s England who do not quite fit the roles society has assigned to them, and who find love, friendship, purpose, and a sense of belonging despite societal expectations.
The Earl’s Undoing is a historical romance about a guarded earl, an unconventional woman, and a love powerful enough to challenge the world that would keep them apart.
Coming October 9, 2026
The Earl’s Undoing arrives on Kindle October 9, 2026, beginning with the story of Bennet and Kate—two unconventional hearts brought together by circumstance, challenged by expectation, and changed by a love neither of them planned for.
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I am a maker.
I am influenced by curiosity, which has become my quiet form of hope. I don’t wait for perfect circumstances to make something beautiful. I make room for beauty alongside imperfect circumstances.
