Fall/Winter Exciting Things Happening

Over the summer, I was approached to do a series of botanical commissions for a hospital here in Indianapolis. They had just built a brand new High Risk Maternity and Infant Care ward on their campus. These three paintings are, to date, the largest I’ve ever painted in watercolor and I learned many things during the process. But the most amazing part was seeing them in person and knowing that they will grace the walls of the registration area and hopefully bring comfort and ease to all those who enter the building. I have a family member who had a high risk birth and her son had to spend 10 days in the NICU, so this project is especially important to me.

I also have pieces in two different shows this winter. One piece (which will be in The Harrison Center’s “Teal Show”) is part of an underwater series I’ve been working on. It is titled, “Touch the Source”. I love the challenge of rendering hands. Hands are integral to the creation process, and my late mother was my biggest inspiration. She was a multi-talented musician, artist, and teacher. She also had a collection of hand statues/sculptures in her house. I had a dream a year to the day after she died (I awoke from it the exact hour/minute that she had died) and it involved a large hand sculpture with a fountain feature that reversed the flow of water. This piece reminds me a bit of that dream.

I also have four brand new sunset landscapes heading to Gallery 924 at the Indy Arts Council for their annual TINY show. I painted these pieces on 6x6” cradled birch panel on top of a couple layers of watercolor ground. If you don’t know what ground is, it’s’ this really cool media that you can paint onto almost any surface and once it dries, it acts like watercolor paper. I’m excited to explore this more in the future. These pieces are all under $100 and it’s a great way to buy special, unique, original art at an affordable price just in time for the holidays. There are over 500 pieces by local Indy artists and I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone’s work.

I’ve got some big things and ideas I’m working towards in the New Year, so sign up for my newsletter if you’d like to stay updated on everything going on in my studio. Thanks for taking a look and sharing my excitement over all of these things. May your holiday season be warm, cozy, and full of love!