There’s a moment in every artist’s practice where the ground shifts a little. Where you’ve earned enough mastery to know what you’re doing — and that’s exactly what gives you the courage to stop doing it.

That’s where I am right now.

It started in one of my color field workshops. I was teaching the technique, watching my students fall in love with it, and somewhere in the middle of that I felt something open up in my own work. I began experimenting with color field on my own canvases — and while I love what’s coming through, I didn’t want to stop there. I wanted to merge it with my painterly style. The expressive, gestural mark-making that has always been mine.

Pulling those two worlds together is a little scary, honestly. There’s a vulnerability in stepping out of what’s already working into what isn’t proven yet. But what’s coming out the other side is something new — and unmistakably mine.

The two paintings you’re looking at are the first untitled works in this new direction. Stained canvases meeting painterly gesture. A whole new conversation between technique and instinct.

I can’t wait to see where I take this. Stay tuned.

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Announcements

May 16 — Spring Art Experience: A Curated Day in NYC

A day designed for the woman who loves art, culture, and the kind of city day that makes you feel completely alive. We’ll start in Tribeca — the mecca of cool — and move through the day like locals who know exactly where to go. Lunch at Pastis in the Meatpacking District. A visit to The Whitney, one of the coolest downtown museums in the city. A walk along the High Line. And if time allows, a stroll through Chelsea’s blue chip galleries before we part ways.

This is a day to inspire and to indulge your inner cool girl. Come hungry — for art, for beauty, for the kind of inspiration that only New York can deliver.

Reserve your spot here.

Registration closes May 9.

May 30 — Perception & Interpretation: Still Life Painting Workshop

The last painting workshop of the season. With the right direction and mentorship, you’ll leave this workshop with something you never dreamed you could create. Choose the full 4-hour session to work on a larger canvas, or the half session for a more intimate format.

Learn more & sign up here.

Registration closes May 23.

LATELY, I’VE BEEN THINKING…

"Making art is so much more than putting paint to paper. It is you giving yourself permission to trust your feelings and to express them with intention and freedom.”

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Until next time,

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