Becoming: New Wine14x20", Watercolor, Green Tea and Cyanotype on 140lb ARCHES paper, 2024. The Becoming series speaks to a person's journey through time. Flowers dance across the paper, emerging from the dark background, which symbolizes our souls as we shine in the darkness and become more beautiful and wise over the course of our lifetime. Each painting captures in one glance what could be many moments of a life time lived. The flowers scatter and become whole, in a

The gold fill tells a story of the piece’s valuable history

And is the path I’m on still the right one for the person I hope to grow into

repainted and repeated these steps many times

The flowers of the month for May are the Lily of the Valley and the Hawthorne

hazy or moody

Solstice Story: The solstice happens twice a year when the sun reaches its highest point or its lowest point

they come together for a moment or years

Inspiration: “For where your treasure is

and together

the golden threads of light dance over the waves

the sun hit the water in a new way

I chose to paint Holly in watercolor on cyanotype and the Narcissus in abstract watercolor