16 in. x 16 in.

minerals on canvas

This lush painting is inspired by my favorite childhood book, The Secret Garden. My Grandpa gave me the book when I was eight, and it was filled with vibrant colors and wild, pop-up paper plants and trees that seemed to leap from the pages. The book could be tied with a ribbon, and it featured a lock on the front, accompanied by a little key that I would wear around my neck. As a child, I loved playing outside in the untamed edges of our yard, engaging in make-believe and communicating with the plants and animals. The vivid imagination of my youth has stayed with me, and it now manifests in my paintings, which are filled with motifs that capture the wildness of nature and the freedom we experience when we connect with the world around us.