Reflections Series
April/May 2023
This series is inspired by self love, authenticity, being honest with yourself, bravery, heartbreak, and the way human nature is reflected within nature itself. Sometimes life moves so fast you lose your grip, people grow up or change, and circumstances put you between a rock and hard place. And you have two choices: adapt or suffer. The healing power of nature, loved ones, or actual mirrors to reflect back to us what our bodies already know in these times is what inspired these pieces to emerge.
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Ebb & Flow SOLD
40x30in oil, 3D mixed media and mirror on panel
May 2023
"Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of ourselves a bit in the highs of life. And it’s during the lows when we have to take good, long, honest looks at ourselves, muster up some courage, pick ourselves up, and move forward. It’s why we retreat to water in times of uncertainty. It's nature’s greatest mirror."
"Never underestimate the benefits of looking for the silver linings in tricky situations. You don't have to take the lemons as they are. This painting started out looking very different. I tried a new technique that didn't work out at all, and I hated it. After a long break, I decided to see it as an opportunity and I took it in a completely different direction. I wound up loving it a whole lot more than the original plan. Just goes to show: often the silver lining is more powerful than the adversity."
Silver Lining SOLD
18x24in Acrylic, 3D mixed media & mirror on panel
April 2023
"One of my biggest smiles of the year comes with the sighting of the first crocus. That perennial signal of spring, renewal, new life, new beginnings, and resilience. The awe of witnessing its ability to bloom forth from the frigid winter ground will never get old. That resilience is reflected in all of us. Nothing is more human than braving the cold winters of adversity and springing forward, regardless. "
First Crocus SOLD
40x30in Oil, 3D mixed media and mirror on panel
April 2023
" Never forget, beautiful human, that you have a fierce, brazen, fiery spirit somewhere within you. Like a roaring, summer-born tiger lily, face toward the sun, open, wild, and free."
Tiger Lily SOLD
24x24in oil and tempered glass on panel
April 2023
It's Not Easy SOLD
24x18in oil, 3D mixed media and mirror on panel
May 2023
"Being green. Being new. Starting fresh. Starting over. Trying something for the first time. Emerging into uncharted territory. Showing up after a while. Scary! But if tiny buds on a branch can do it every spring, so can you.
"It’s normal, healthy, and important to place yourself at the center. Self care is affirming each day that you are surrounded by love, and that love starts with yourself. Because we are all pink on the inside, and at the end of the day it's just us and the skin we’re in against the world. That’s why taking care of you, filling your cup before you serve others, that matters."
Number One
40x30in Oil, 3D mixed media and mirror on panel
May 2023
Trees Tomorrow SOLD
"Since I began pursuing art professionally, there's a phrase I come back to often: "Seeds today, trees tomorrow". Which coincides nicely with another favorite of mine: "to plant something is to believe in tomorrow". Focusing more on the seeds I plant each day than the rewards of that labor is a practice in delayed gratification, patience, belief in the future, and intrinsic motivation. I truly love the days where I feel like a humble farmer. Recently, trees have been not only sprouting, but blossoming all around me. And the sight is as sweet as the day is long. But as glad as I am to see them, I still find more joy in the planting."
36x24in oil and tempered glass on panel
April 2023
Aura SOLD
24x18in oil, 3D mixed media and mirror on panel
April 2023
"What defines your aura more than your own self love, inner peace, and love for others?"
City Neon
30x40in oil, mirror paint, and 3D mixed media on panel
April 2023
"I think there’s a lesson to be learned from city neon. Think about it: It’s job is to stick out. To say “I AM HERE”. To make itself known when it would otherwise be engulfed, bypassed, and forgotten about in the darkness. Most of all, it welcomes people in, who otherwise wouldn’t know they were needed. Vulnerability is neon. It lets people know you need them."
Golden Rule SOLD
24x18in Spray paint, 3D mixed media and mirror on panel
May 2023
"You have everything you need to make big changes. Even total reversals. Nothing lasts forever, everything is temporary. Never settle for what is no longer serving you, it's just not worth it."
Not Alone SOLD
"Our minds can be our worst enemy, and our greatest savior. When you’re in the middle of things, that’s the worst. Mid-life, mid-crisis, mid-marathon, mid-transition, mid-break-up, middle school (woof), whatever it is. It’s easy to feel alone and surrounded by nothing by saddening, ambiguous barriers with no way out. But the power of a change in perspective can’t be understated. You might find you are surrounded by all the love, warmth, and support you need to carry on and be ok. Look inward too and you might find the love and warmth you need also resides within you. It always has."
24x18in acrylic, spray paint, 3D mixed media and mirror on panel
May 2023
Self Love Wall SOLD OUT
"Big things are made up of many small things. Take life for example. Our lives are made up of days, made up of hours, made up of minutes, made up of moments. How we spend those moments matters. Are you spending them with self love? Authentically as you are? Not with selfie filters, those are lies. Take a look in the mirror. Just a little one is all you need. Know yourself and your true beauty. Be yourself. Act in a way that honors that self. In a way that loves that self. Fill your moments that way, and overtime you’ll have a life of big self love. "