Byeeeeee As school's are closing, bbq's are firing and summer vacations are launching, I wanted to send a quick thank you for so many new and old followers. Being a painter can often be an isolating affair and it means so much to have you all in my corner. I'm busy prepping for lots of new commissions in June, as well a vacation of my own, and may (pun intended) be disconnected for the next few days. In the meantime, don't forget the May discount that's happening right now i

I recently read in a YA novel (don't judge) that "you can decorate absence however you want- but you're still gonna feel what’s missing.”* It caused me pause. In part, because of ideas that were ruminating all summer about what I wanted my work to convey, what I needed it to be, and a tearful conversation that bubbled over between myself and two professors that I greatly admire. Good tears. Meaningful and relevant tears about a real loss and absence I was feeling as a resul

Hi friends! I recently resolved an oil painting titled Rhinoplasty. Here's the journey behind the work: I was initially inspired by a quick still life I completed over the summer: Guess what? I loved pattern! Who knew? So I devulged my pattern sensibilities by creating a painting centered around two points: my fascination in replicating pattern with paint and the relationship between myself and a garden bunny that was in disrepair in my backyard. When I first met the bunny