I am an EU and American citizen of Gaelic descent, born in the Rocky Mountains where I grew up helping my artist father in his studio. I moved to New York as a teenager and spent most of my adult life there.

While living in southern Italy, I became fascinated by clothing less as fashion than as social psychology. After one semester at Parsons, I left to work as an assistant designer for a small Japanese brand in Tokyo, where I worked closely with makers in the factories. I then founded an experimental label that developed a cult following, showed in New York and Paris, and was carried by luxury boutiques and department stores internationally.

I eventually stepped away from that work to return to art and environmental design. After a year in Hong Kong art directing a feature film and several more spent exploring both outer and inner wildlands, I returned with a clearer sense of purpose and founded Eyn Vas: a broader vehicle for world-building and for examining the hidden structures that shape how we live.

I’ve spent the last five-plus years in Los Angeles, where, when not in the studio, I’m observing its curious culture, wandering trails, freediving, and exploring the unknown.