MURALS

Vessel Skatepark:
Worcester, MA

Completed: June 2025
Permanent Installation
Dimensions: 66 in (W) x 58 in (H)
Location: 70 James St #213, Worcester, MA 01603

Worcester, Massachusetts, was my home for seven years and remains one of my favorite places to visit. In 2023, while I was learning to skate, I made the journey from New Hampshire to Vessel Skatepark, an indoor park in Worcester, to enjoy a winter session with a friend. It was my first time at Vessel and one of the first times I had spent time in the city since moving away, which made it a meaningful day for reminiscing.

When Vessel put out a call for mural proposals in January 2025, it felt like the perfect crossover for me. I was looking to dive deeper into murals, and it matched my growing love for board sports through my business, Back Alley Boards. It was also a chance to reflect on my progress in skating and the city that has shaped me.

For my concept sketch (Image #1), I created a digital mockup combining several pieces from my Grit series, where I use textured spray paint to emulate the surface of concrete. When brainstorming the theme, I thought about when I usually find myself at indoor skateparks – almost always when it’s raining or snowing. That led me to base the design around a raincloud, symbolizing indoor skateparks as places of community and shelter on cloudy days.

To bring the cloud to life, I used an array of textured stencils and tools, including mesh fabric, sand-textured spray paint, plastic bags, dry brushing, and chrome paint to add depth and dimension.

WC Gallery:
Portsmouth, NH

Completed: September 2024
On Display: September 2024 - January 2025
Temporary Installation
Location: 136 State Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801

"Veil of Shadows" transformed the W.C. Gallery in Portsmouth, NH, into an immersive installation experience. Drawing from my ongoing Leaf Illuminations series, this site-specific work blended natural elements with spray paint techniques to explore the interplay of light and darkness.

The gallery’s dark blue walls, remnants of a previous exhibit by my friend and fellow artist Arthur Anderson, served as the foundation for the work. Using my signature leaf and spray paint method, I outlined foraged leaves and objects in bursts of white spray paint, creating impressions where shadows of the leaves echoed from beneath. The result was a space where the natural world felt filtered through a mysterious veil.

Timed with the shift from fall to winter, the work resonated with the changing landscape. The organic forms nodded to the fading autumn season, while the mist-like whites evoked early inklings of winter, making Veil of Shadows a seasonal reflection on impermanence, light, and the beauty found in hidden places.

The Grind:
Worcester, MA

Completed: March 2019
Permanent Installation
Location: 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610

Clark University was where I first started thinking seriously about murals, not just as art but as community markers. Murals are a huge part of Worcester’s culture: the city hosts POW! WOW! Worcester, an initiative that brings in artists from around the world to paint murals across the city. I’m a huge mural lover, and despite Clark’s strong studio art program and creative student body, I noticed the campus had very few. Some older ones were tucked away, but overall, the visual presence of student work felt minimal. I wanted to change that.

At Clark, I double majored in Studio Art and Media, Culture & the Arts (MCA), which was a brand-new major at the time. I joined the MCA program during its first year in 2016 and was one of just a dozen students. That close-knit environment shaped the tone of the major, and I became especially close with three fellow students: Sav Dube, Liza French, and Jack Letchinger.

I shared my mural idea with them and asked if they’d want to collaborate. The four of us pitched it to the school administration, and they were immediately receptive. At the time, they were renovating the on-campus student bar, and our proposal felt like a perfect fit.

Clark’s logo features a sun with the Latin phrase Fiat Lux (“Let there be light”), so we built our concept around that symbol. Each of us contributed a personal element to the piece. I painted the pink and green sun ray on the right side of the wall, inspired by Van Gogh’s swirling skies, and created a balloon using real plastic bags and wall paint.

The balloon was a nod to the classic takeout-style plastic bag seen at restaurants across Worcester, a subtle homage to the city’s food scene and the endless takeout meals I lived on as a student. That bag, with its signature smiley face, also has local roots as the smiley face design was invented in Worcester. It tied in with a recurring theme in my work as well by repurposing plastic bags as both a material and a message about sustainability.

It felt meaningful to leave our mark on campus through this piece, and I’m proud that it’s still part of the space today.

Sunburst:
Norton, MA

Completed: August 2018
Permanent Installation
Norton, MA

I completed a mural for a private residence in Norton, Massachusetts, in 2018. The piece was commissioned for a bathroom just off the pool area, located within a funky and vibrant pool house. I provided the client with a few sketch options to choose from, and they selected a sun-themed design that I later titled “Sunburst.”

The mural features a bold, bright color palette centered on pinks and oranges, chosen to complement the space's eclectic decor. The goal was to bring warmth and energy into a room that already felt playful and full of personality.

When the home was sold a few years later, the mural was left intact for the next homeowner, allowing my work to leave a lasting impression.