Art is my passion.

It’s also one of my primary ways of interacting with the world but it hasn’t always been so; in fact, I only began to make art a few years ago. Unless you’re a fairly new friend of mine, you probably know me as a writer or speaker. As someone whose primary means of communication has always been words, (sooo many words ) I suddenly began to have less to say. That initially made me nervous, but then I became curious and began to wonder if there was some other form of creativity I might try in the meantime, because surely the words would return, right?

And so I chose the words “curious” and “experiment” as my “words of the year.” I was curious about so many things but it felt like the unopened palette of watercolors I’d bought myself for my birthday three years prior was whistling at me every time I opened the cabinet where I’d stashed them. Photos I saw on Instagram seemed to shout, “Paint me! Paint me!” I started to dream about colors flowing and splashing into each other. So I began to paint simple flowers, then some silly birds, and before I knew it, I found myself watching less nighttime TV and staying up late to paint. I became “curiouser and curiouser” about this amazing art form I’d discovered. When friends began to ask me if my paintings were for sale, I said maaaaybe. Someday. 

Someday came quicker than I thought and it has been thrilling that so many have chosen to hang my art on their walls! From watercolors to acrylics and now to my favorite medium, collage, my art journey has been a balm to my soul. I may be a late bloomer artistically but it brings me so much joy! Most recently at the suggestion of my daughter, I began repurposing some of my art into one-of-a-kind earrings.