About

Shifting between classic painting and tactile mixed media pieces, Jo considers her work to be led by an internal "art roulette." With unending curiosity that feeds her exploration of various subjects and media, Jo challenges her creative boundaries and assumptions whenever she can for the sake of evoking subjective, emotional reaction and nostalgic connection. Jo aims to create art that speaks to viewers if only by bringing to life the narrative beauty within the subtle and the fleeting, under-appreciated ordinary.

Jo graduated from Mount St. Mary's University with a BA in Fine Art in 2011, after studying fine art and film at the Carver Center for Arts & Technology in Towson, MD. Experiencing the beginning of the pandemic while pregnant rekindled her artistic practice, as it became a safe outlet with which to filter a growing awareness and suspicion of the unknown. Since then her work has been featured in several local and online exhibitions, including a 2022 solo exhibition in Baltimore dedicated to bringing awareness to women’s mental health through a journalistic series of portraits. Jo is based in bucolic Freeland, Maryland, where she celebrates life with her husband, young daughter and beloved dog.