“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
Pablo Picasso
Look
She’s mid-turn, mid-thought—caught in that flicker of time where something might happen, but hasn’t yet. Her gaze lands on you, not sharply, but with a kind of quiet assessment. Like she’s deciding whether to turn fully or let the moment pass. More…
The Lost Shepherd
The shepherd looks at his sheep, and not the sun on the horizon (but one sheep does), the light, and the sheep gazes up at him. “What are we to do little one?” he thinks. More…
(get your) Ducks in a Row!
I started this piece knowing I wanted a gathering—ducks, geese, something with glow and contrast and a little chaos, and ended up being one of my happiest pieces. It took years. I kept adding details, then pulling them back, chasing a feeling I couldn’t quite name. Eventually, it clicked. Each one got its own little splash of personality: More…
Midas’s Touch
This was the biggest canvas I’d ever worked on back in high school, and I went all in. I wanted to paint a sunbeam—one of those quiet, golden ones that slips into a dark room and makes everything feel like magic. The dust in the light was key: I painted it like specks of gold, turning petals metallic as they caught it. The central rose glows in yellow and orange shadows, and the sunflowers feel radiant and reflective. A smaller rose beneath looks like it’s mid-transformation More…
Boop!
This cow made me smile the second I saw it, and I kept smiling the entire time I painted it. I wanted something that felt jolly and ridiculous in the best way—so I leaned into the exaggerated perspective, pushed the colors brighter More…
Koi – Feeding Time
I love this painting. I fingerpainted the base, chasing movement and light, then added the final details with a small brush. The gradient was More…
Prismatic Journey
The ship in the storm is a metaphor I keep coming back to. Life throws waves, lightning, wind—but we’re in it, riding through, and somehow More…