We’ve been down in the trenches together, haven’t we? You know the nights—when your chest feels heavy, your work feels invisible, and you’re whispering to yourself, “maybe I’m just not good enough.”  I’ve been there. I told you about that tiny thread I grip when everything else feels like it’s unraveling. And then came the moments of light. The unexpected “yes.” The gallery smile. The client’s tears when they connected with the work. The editor’s email saying, “We want to fea

Remember that thread I told you about—the one I hold onto when everything feels like it’s slipping? The one that keeps me tethered when “good” feels like “not enough”? Well, here’s the part we don’t talk about enough: sometimes, that thread pulls through . Sometimes, against all odds, it doesn’t just hold—it unravels into something bigger, something brighter, something worth every tear you cried gripping it. I felt it the day a collector looked at my work, not with polite app

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Beginning of the End - 72x48x2 - acrylic I recently finished a painting titled Beginning of the End —a title that felt powerful and...

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Let’s See Where This Goes… My very first blog post. Why? Good question. I never really saw myself as the "blogging type," but here I am....