He received his MFA in painting from the University of Cincinnati in 2012 and his BFA in painting and printmaking from Miami University in 2009. He has worked with the organization ArtWorks in Cincinnati, Ohio on several of their community projects including four large-scale murals. The most recent mural works he has contributed to are on the Kroger corporate headquarters building in downtown Cincinnati, as well as a mural adjacent to Great American Ballpark, the home of the Reds. He currently teaches drawing, painting, and Color Theory at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.