Welcome to my first official collection of 2025.

Yes, I know the year is nearly three quarters of the way through—it’s been difficult for me to create amongst all the complications of my mom’s dementia and supporting my dear friend Heather through her battle with cancer and managing all of the emotions around it all. Sadly, Heather lost that battle on June 22nd after a valiant three year fight. How does one move through grief? There is no one way, but I have found the most valuable tool I can use to navigate grief is to give myself lots of grace—grace to sit and do nothing, grace to let the tears wash over me over the most trivial of things at the most unexpected times, grace to laugh and be joyful and remember happy times. And, grace to return, in my own time, to painting and creativity. I create from a place of beauty and light and joy but even though I was feeling anything but, I knew that painting would help me reclaim them all, and thankfully, it has.