I work under the name MM, because for me its about the message in the work - not about me. I am a self-taught artist born and raised in Highland Park, Illinois. My work lives in the space of abstract expressionism, where instinct, movement, and emotion guide the process more than rigid form.

I studied Sociology and Women & Gender Studies at Northeastern Illinois University — a path I intended to follow as a career, until I sold my first painting to Jodie Foster. That moment affirmed everything.

Influenced by artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cy Twombly, and Jean Dubuffet, I’m drawn to raw mark-making, texture, and the energy of imperfection. My pieces are built through layers of mixed media, often incorporating found objects alongside materials like acrylic, oil, oil sticks, spray paint, charcoal, and pastels.

My work doesn't give you the answers right away. The subtleties bring you back for something more each time. What you can't see at first will surface as your experience in the world deepens — the more you've lived, the more the painting changes its meaning.