Studio Blog

In the debt of winter when I started to paint my flowers on paper collection, I invited local photographer, Victoria Danielle into my studio one morning. Magical film mixed with the morning light pouring into my studio gave way to these magical images she captured that day.  My studio, which is located inside of my home is a sacred space for me. It’s a place I escape to during nap time and when I have a flash of inspiration and paint and paintbrush must be put to paper. For this collection, I brought a variety of flowers into my home....

  Over the last few years, through my pregnancies and births and postpartum periods, I’ve learned the power of resting and “just being”. I’ve created a lot of work in response to how this season of my life has made me feel. My artwork lately is full of so much symbology and for that reason, there is so much magic in it for me personally. During 2024 when I was just a few months post-partum painting these delicate, lovely seashells in my studio, I reached out to my friend and talented local photographer, Victoria Danielle and asked her if she...

These shells symbolize the feminine vessel that is a mother’s body. A portal that grows, nourishes, and births life into this world. 

As part of my ongoing Artist in Residency on “Motherhood”, I’ve created work surrounding how this season of my life makes me “feel”. The theme of “women in chairs” emerged as a subject to paint after I gave birth to my third baby. It was during the post-partum period following his birth that I continued a series of self portraits I had started during my previous artist in residency called “The Playful Project”. My self portraits evolved to include my newborn and various patterns of his swaddle and my blankets and robes as I nursed him each day.  These photos...