Succulent

Succulent

Succulent When I painted at the succulent, it was deep in the winter in Colorado and the weather was stark, cold and bleak and I was craving green and calm and serene. So I painted this in efforts to bring a sense of warmth to my life. In reality this plant could fit...
Cloud Cockoo

Cloud Cockoo

Cloud Cockoo This painting emerged from me when I was listening to the book Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. When I started this painting I set out to paint a botanical, Yet somehow it turned into my emotions and feelings from the book. While I think it resembles a...
Verde

Verde

Verde This is another painting where the plant that I was painting fits into the palm of my hand, and to translate that into a larger-than-life painting so you can see all of the detail brings me so much joy. This painting brightens up any room that I have hung it up...
Intertwined

Intertwined

Intertwined This is one of my all-time favorite paintings because I gave in and just painted from the heart. This painting unfolded layers of emotions during a really difficult time in my life when I was contemplating the unknown and swimming in layers of grief and...
Untitled

Untitled

Untitled This painting feels as though it is two paintings in one, the bottom layer was a warm, complicated, and Intertwined garden, and the top layer was that of a stark cold outline. I was listening to the book Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah when I painted this...