Proprietor & Principal Cutter
2018–present
Swan Silhouette Rooms · Providence, RI
- Cut an average of 130 sitter portraits per year, most finished within a 9-minute sitting.
- Produced 22 layered shadow-box commissions for private clients, priced from $450 to $2,800.
- Kept a 5-week commission waitlist steady across 4 consecutive years.
Resident Paper Artist
2014–2018
The Scissoret Gallery · Newport, RI
- Held 3 solo exhibitions; the 2016 show, Profiles of the Bay, drew 4,100 visitors in 6 weeks.
- Demonstrated freehand cutting at 40+ public events, including 5 museum evenings.
Conservation Assistant, Works on Paper
2011–2014
Ledgewood Atelier · Boston, MA
- Surface-cleaned and rehoused 600+ 18th and 19th century silhouettes and cut-paper pieces.
- Wrote condition reports for 210 objects ahead of 2 traveling exhibitions.
Teaching Artist, Scherenschnitte Workshops
2012–present
Fox Point Paper Guild · Providence, RI
- Taught 90+ weekend workshops to about 1,100 students, ages 9 to 84.