Proposal Strategist by Day.
Artist by Necessity.

Hi, I’m Hilary.

I was born in Torrington, Connecticut, an old mill town filled with beautiful architecture, small businesses, and people who still knew how to make things with their hands. I grew up in a family that deeply loved music, where everyone was a musician except me, although not for lack of trying. By age five, I had every word to Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road memorized and was passionately performing Close to You by The Carpenters like I was preparing for a sold-out Vegas residency.

Through life's mysterious circumstances and my inability to sit still, my life has never followed a particularly straight line. I’ve worked in banking, financial forecasting, commercial real estate development, music management, branding, marketing, public relations, and design. Today, I work as a proposal strategist for a large engineering firm, helping shape complex pursuits, tell compelling stories, and occasionally prevent very smart engineers from writing 47 pages when 12 would do.

At 18, I was managing fed funds for a bank. Years later, I was helping musicians release albums and organize tours while teaching myself branding and web design through my own jewelry business. Somewhere in between, I joined a coed flag football team in North Carolina, learned to snowboard in Colorado, and developed a lifelong appreciation for old things with good stories.

Eventually, I traded New England winters for the creative chaos of St. Petersburg, Florida, where I spend most of my free time making art, experimenting with pottery glazes, and convincing myself I absolutely do not need another hobby.

More than anything, I just like making things. Art, brands, stories, ideas, beautiful spaces, organized chaos. I’m happiest when I’m creating something that didn’t exist before.