My artistic journey is rooted in a lifelong engagement with creative expression, shaped early through formative weekends spent alongside my grandfather, the architect and artist John Woolson Brooks. These experiences instilled in me a deep, intuitive understanding of craft and form that would lay dormant for decades while I pursued a career in business and historic building preservation. After more than thirty-five years restoring landmark architectural structures across the United States, I answered a persistent creative calling upon selling my business in 2021, embracing fully the visual language that had always been my first love. My work reflects a reconciliation of analytical rigor and artistic spontaneity, honoring the legacy of mentorship while forging a distinct contemporary voice.