Hello!

It’s been almost 5 years since I wrote a blog post, sent my last email, and shared my process and collections.

I really can’t believe it’s been this long but at the same time I can.

I had a third son in 2020 before our move to Japan. I created work throughout the last three years at what felt like a snails pace. But since April 2023, all our kids have been in school and I’ve been able to jump back into my projects more consistently. I’m excited to finally share my work with you again.

We are preparing to move back to the east coast this summer. With that, I’ve been working extra hard on finishing a collection of Cherry Blossom paintings, or as I’ll be referring to it as The Sakura Collection.

I know this is a different subject from my wildfire landscapes but please don’t worry or run away just yet. I have been working on ceramic pieces with wildfire themes and will share that when I complete the collection.

Creating work that relates to my time in Japan is a natural step in my creative journey that will impact how I approach wildfire landscapes. To share what I have experienced and through my view point is something that has driven a lot of my favorite projects. I hope you will stick around to view this collection and see how it will influence my future artwork.

I keep creating with a fire inside of me that’s racing against time. There is so much inside of me that I want to create and try to make a reality. I hope I have decades ahead of me, but what these last few years have reminded me is that life is so precious, fleeting, and fragile— like a sakura blossom in the spring.

Thank you for being patient, trusting, excited, and supporting my creative work. I’m incredibly grateful for you, and grateful for being able to share something that’s dear to me and part of who I am.

Artfully,

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