I’ve felt pulled to loosen up in the studio lately- that feeling had me know instinctually that I needed to see art and not just at one museum. I needed to immerse myself in it, so I booked a trip to NYC- a quick, intense, fully immersive two days of NYC energy with lots and lots of art paired with shopping, people-watching, yummy meals, and lots of walking.

I needed this trip as a marker to say that I could push myself in my work. I can tap into the next level that I feel is coming. I want to make good work. I want to make work that has you look and see and experience and feel. To continue to make this work alone in my studio cabin in TN, I had to see good work in NYC. I knew it was time I needed this deep, intense input to fuel my painting practice. To give me the green light to keep moving forward with my brush. To tap into and feel and look and experience good art to make my own.

I don’t know exactly what this trip will bring, but I do know something will come. I already feel a shift. It was a gift to travel with my 15 year old daughter, Sadie, and to be with her as she experienced NYC for the first time. What a wild journey. I’m so grateful.