Born and raised in Hertford, North Carolina, I am an interdisciplinary artist and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate whose practice merges visual art with therapeutic inquiry. Through painting and mixed media, I explore memory, fatherhood, Black identity, and mental health—creating work that invites reflection, emotional processing, and dialogue. Exhibitions such as Amygdala, Daddy’s Home, and Monday, along with public works like Get Well Soon at Dorothea Dix Park, extend this exploration into shared civic space.
Alongside my studio practice, I provide clinical services and facilitate therapeutic art workshops in schools, museums, and community settings. My early work with Hidden Voices—teaching art alongside prison psychologists on death row and using practices such as life mapping to help individuals visually reconstruct their personal narratives—deepened my understanding of art as a tool for accountability, reflection, and healing.
I have taught as an adjunct at Duke University, UNC–Chapel Hill, and Forsyth Tech, experiences that strengthened my commitment to public pedagogy and accessible mental-health engagement.
Through my doctoral studies at NC State University in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (Counseling and Counselor Education), I aim to research and develop culturally responsive, art-informed counseling frameworks that expand pathways to healing—particularly for rural and historically marginalized communities like the one that raised me.
