This is what I’ve been painting while listening to these two books. If you haven’t read In Love by Amy Bloom or The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, I can’t recommend them enough. Read them close together if you can. They have a lot to say to each other.

One of the oldest painting techniques in the world, encaustic has been around since ancient Egypt — but my approach to it is anything but traditional. Here’s what the medium is, why I work dot by dot, and what makes this process feel completely like mine.

Not every art festival is measured by what sells. A trip to ArtiGras became a reminder that sometimes the most meaningful part of showing my work has nothing to do with the numbers.

A productive winter in Palm Springs gave me the space to explore a different way of working: keeping the geometry constant while letting color, repetition and variation change the conversation.

Finding an audience for my work has been an experiment in making, showing, listening and adjusting. Looking back at the journey from shows where nothing sold to nearly 60 pieces finding homes in 2025.