About the
Artist
I paint to take up space somewhere beside my head. I coach writers to help expand the territory we’re each living in.
I paint to chew the stories and questions I’m obsessed with—the how and why of our becoming. I edit because if we don’t tell our stories clearly, someone else will tell them for us.
I paint because the details of the tedious world shout at me all day long and the lot of it would drown me in awe if I didn’t get to the canvas. I write because one good sentence can change someone’s life.
My love of the visual strengthens my work with writers. My love of writers and their journeys strengthens my work in the visual. All of it is me, and it carries my curiosity, my joy, my grief, my eros, my whimsy, my wisdom, my autism, my years serving children and families…my truth. I am not here for a paycheck, nor for popularity, but for my love of evolution and beauty.
Whether you're here for the first time, or you woke up with one of my paintings this morning somewhere around the world, trust your intuition as you read these words and view these works. Ask questions. Take chances. It’s what’s brought me to this magical and rigorous life of creation, a life I am so grateful and delighted to share with you.
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