About HK
The first painting I remember doing was in preschool. Our after school art program’s teacher had us make our own little replicas of famous paintings. At probably 2 or 3 years old, using tempura paint poured onto paper plates and using q-tips for brushes, we worked to remake Monet’s garden. A year later, we recreated Van Gogh’s sunflowers. From there my love for art only grew. Like many of the impressionists I had messily “replicated” in preschool, I was drawn to nature for inspiration.
That inspiration eventually took me to Rhodes College where I received my BA in Art. I then spent my post grad years working in the art non profit space supporting creatives in the city of Memphis, but was feeling a pull to enter the arts in health field. In 2019 while in-between jobs, I was gifted an incredible opportunity to meet with the Art Director at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. One project led to another and another. I found an immense love for creating art for healthcare spaces. I knew the impact intentional art could have on young, anxious patients and their health outcomes. Since then I’ve been immersed in the worlds of pediatric healthcare, child life, and family services; discovering how art can aid in the spaces and places that care is given and received.
In 2025, after living 13 years in the city that shaped me into who I am, I packed up my place in Memphis and moved to Baltimore to access better healthcare and resources as I face my own health challenges. With my service dog, Lemon, by my side, I am learning how to balance life with chronic illness/disability and the demands of a society that does not reward rest and slowing down.
