2014 NOTES:

Under a rainbow of blues reflects the feelings of my long awaited baby boy; the pregnancy, his birth, breast-feeding, postpartum, all of these parts of new motherhood not at all going as expected. In the midst of this, the loss of my old dog Koty, who we put down a month after Zander was born. It was a time of joy and wondering, and a time of deep grief. I am so grateful for my passion for color and creativity to help me through these inner emotional spaces. 

This painting was burned in a fire, 3 years later.

Connected to your quiet glow...Thank you, New Mexico is another painting that was very close to my heart, and was also lost in the fire. It’s first layers happened in 2005, and its final layers in 2015. It was a long time coming to completion.

I just loved looking at it. Made my eyes so happy bouncing around from the darks to the brights.

My husband Nick grew up in New Mexico, and because of that a part of my heart will always feel connected to the land of enchantment. I will be forever grateful for the place that helped shape my partner into the peaceful and gentle man that he is.

Some of my mini paintings were lost in the fire as well. Originally I had 30 of them (part of the 2014 Avanti 30/30 art challenge). The good news is that most of them are out in the world being enjoyed and loved. Knowing that makes my heart happy.

In these paintings I began doodling with a tiny bottle of black ink on top of layers of paper and paint.  These doodles are similar to the ones you'd see in my sketchbook.  But here, I had to let go of perfectly drawn lines and allow the ink to flow out in its own way.  It is a reflection of how little control I really have...in life.