Thought in Motion
What unfolds when we return to what’s already within reach. In the winter months, I slow down artistically. I think of it as recharging my creative perspective. I intentionally step away from constant production and turn inward, allowing reflection to deepen my...
Stepping Into 2026 With Love, Hope, and Creativity
Welcome to the New Year! I am looking forward to sharing the beauty of the world as I see it through my art this year. Thank you for your love and support in making 2025 such a meaningful year for me. Through it all, I learned that even amid chaos, kindness and...
Creating from a Place of Knowing
"Summer's Jewel" Art has always been my happy place, but it’s taken years of learning and growth to feel truly confident in it. This year, something shifted. I began creating from a place of knowing. All those years of learning brought me to a place of simply “doing”...
Embodying Joy
What does it mean to embody joy? For me, it is more than a fleeting feeling of happiness—it’s a way of choosing to live and create, even when joy feels out of reach. I see the beauty in creation, but I’m also deeply aware of the struggles and fears in our world. Art...
A Walk Through Natures Palette
Summer is dazzling with color this year, a gift from the lingering coolness of spring. The gardens, parks, and wild patches around my neighborhood have erupted in blooms that seem even more vivid and abundant than usual. Nature has leaned into the season, painting the...
Dance with the Imagination!
Creating art is a dance with the imagination! You haven’t heard from me in a while, because I’ve been in a deeply creative space, dancing with endless possibilities of expression. It’s a place where joy overflows. In a world where chaos is so prevalent, we all need a...
The Act of Creating
"Awakening into Beauty" Chaos is a good way to describe the first two months of this year, so many things are happening which are so confusing that it is easy to do nothing but be paralyzed by the uncertainty of what may happen next. Instead of being powerless, I...
Wind of Change
It is that time of year when change is evident as a new season arrives. Where I live it is fall, and looking out the window, I see trees transforming from green to vibrant yellow, oranges and reds, and it is beautiful, but at the same time it reminds me that life is...
Thinking Outside the Box
I am finding out that approaching what I do with a different twist allows me to see the beauty around me and what I create in a beautiful new light. This does not mean totally changing what I do, it just means bringing different elements into the picture, for example...
Reigniting the Embroidery Arts
Some of you may not know that my adventures with embroidery began in my forties. My creative stitching journey began in 2004, the only stitching I had done up to this time was hemming, when I finally took the time to explore creative courses at craft and quilt...
Captivating Moments
Have you ever looked at the sky just before it starts to get dusk and see a beautiful full moon. There is something captivating about the “day moon” that I find fascinating. As an artist, moments that capture my attention merit being recreated in my art. A while...
Asking the Pertinent Questions
I am welcoming this year as a new beginning, with a renewed sense of awareness of where my artistic journey is leading me. Last year, I learned the value of asking questions. Questions help me awaken new paths that await, and don’t allow me to stagnate. Questions...
Internal Exploration
Exploration has been a core theme in my art, especially when it comes to exploring the outside world and all it has to offer in inspiring my next creation. Since I have been in school, exploration is taking me to look on creating art through the lens of technique,...
Experiences and Pondering
When I was asked for the first time to create a crazy quilt from my own imagination, the first thing I did was ponder about it. I love the word ponder. I came across this word in my late twenties while reading and it captured my attention. To ponder means to...
A Whole New Light
It is always a bit frightening to share a part of who you are as an artist especially when you feel like you are not being the best creative version of yourself self that you can be. I was feeling stuck in a creative slump when I wrote the last newsletter. As most of...