My work lives at the intersection of the natural world, color, emotion, and lifelong learning. I'm pursuing a Natural Science Illustration Certificate from the Rhode Island School of Design, deepening a practice rooted in observation. I explore representational and abstracted designs in pen, ink, watercolor, and gouache, layering mixed-media textures, patterns, and collage, always eager to experiment with new mediums. Creativity was inherited from an architect father, a fiber-artist mother, and a brother devoted to Asian art. That instinct fuels XO GiGi, my shop and studio in Downtown McKinney, where I hope visitors feel welcome, inspired, part of a community.