Day 13. Painting Flowers as Hope

“Unfurling Fists” 6×6, oil on canvas, Framed An Unfurling Fist “What is a blossom anyway but a fist saying I can’t do this anymore.” — Joseph Fasano Earlier this month, I was in my brother’s kitchen. He had just served me the most incredible sourdough pizza I’ve ever had. I don’t know how or why […]
Day 12. Being Where I am

“Be Where I Am” 6×6, oil on panel, framed “Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.”— Alice Walker I do this thing a lot—I try to hurry the present moment along so I can get to whatever end goal it seems to exist for. I […]
Day 11. Just Showing Up

“Just Showing Up” 8×8, oil on canvas, framed Last night was the opening of an art exhibition I’ve been working toward for quite some time. I’m so used to handling every detail of a show at my own gallery—installation, refreshments, logistics—that it was humbling to experience what it’s like to be cared for in someone […]
Day 2. Linger

“Hum of the Flowers” 8×8 in, oil on canvas, framed The little hummingbird from yesterday’s painting made it back into today’s. I love the hummingbird for its precious little quickness, its constant darting, and the reminder it always gives me to maybe linger for a bit before running off to the next shining thing. 31 […]