MOON GARDEN (2021-23)

“Painting time measured by a sweet baby’s sleeps.”

Before I Was a Meteor Crater

No, I Haven't Been

It Never Snowed on Edgehill Road

Rust Red

Moon Garden

Fed by the Sky

Woodpecker Feather (One Day I'll Miss Our Daily Walks)

Sunshower

Rewarded With a Nightscape

Patience, Bumble Bee

SMALL WORKS ON PAPER

Chalk Mountain Fire

Volcano (June 24, 2022)

Riverbend (Horseshoes are Good Luck)

Rainbow (Connecting the Canyon That Would Be My Last)

Storm Cloud (I Missed You While I Was Gone)

Meteor Crater (The Self-Imposed Field Trip)

Texas (Memories Through an Upstairs Window)

Rock Formations (I Wish Dad Could Tell Me About)

Mountains (Day Trips We Were Made to Take)

River (From a Colorado Polaroid)

Corona Arch (Proving the Beauty of a Mountain Cog)

Delicate Arch (The Importance of an Environment’s Weight)

Aloba Arch (You and Your Invisible Turn Style)

Natural Bridge Canyon (Foyer as Fortress)

Desert

Mountain

Forest

Prairie

INSTALLATION VIEWS

Moon Garden | Arts Fort Worth | February 3-25, 2023 (and select group shows featuring Moon Garden work)

SERIES STATEMENt

Since becoming a new mom, my studio practice has had to continually adapt to fit my daughter’s changing needs. Compared to past series, the current work has been scaled-down in size and simplified in color palette to accommodate condensed studio time. The longest stretches to work are after my family is in bed for the night. Painting time is measured by a sweet baby’s sleeps.

Moon Garden honors how a landscape, that seemed like nothing more than a backdrop when experienced, can come to represent an entire period of time or a pivotal relationship. I compare having to paint these vast spaces and full experiences within such a limited window of time to tending a garden in the dark of night…just me and the moon.