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The Aurora Collection

A brand new collection on canvas.

I wanted to explore fate, destiny, and the guidance of the stars and divine in our lives. I made these paintings while preparing for my first child to cross into this realm.

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As my daughter prepares to enter this world, I'm creating paths of safety and joy to protect her on her journey.

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Every piece is painted in soft, delicate shades of lavender, periwinkle, and aurora and illuminated with sparkling silver cathedral detail.

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I hope you'll enjoy my new work and all the love

I put into it.

4 large originals | 6 mini originals | 8 mini tapestries

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The Aurora Collection

The Inspiration

This has been a really hard year for my family.

We've faced challenges I thought we'd never face. We faced the realities of IVF and the fear of the unknown. My heart was broken last year again and again. Yet I knew good things would come of this.

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This year was a test of trust for me. It was a practice in patience and positivity. There were days I could barely face, and there were days of immeasurable beauty.

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Every time I went to my studio to paint,

I asked, "What is next?"

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Every time my hands moved the water and pigment,

my heart asked the stars, the divine,

"Where do I go from here?"

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As I dipped my brush in glittering paint, lining each of the stars and moons in delicate, precise detail,

my heart asked, "How do I keep going?

Where is this road taking me?

I feel completely lost."

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And the divine answered again and again with a kind, firm voice:

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"You are not lost."

This collection has solidified the truth of my work: I am a mixed media artist.

 

Don't ask me why, but I used to think of mixed media artists as those people who cut and pasted collages together.

 

I didn't think of them as interesting or deep or even well-trained artists.

 

And, as the story goes, I've slowly found myself becoming a mixed media artist against my will.

 

It's challenged what I think of as art and artist.

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The Work

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Acrylic was always too quick-drying and opaque for me. It always felt like I was running against the clock and fighting with the paint to color match.

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Oil was too slow-drying and cerebral to work with. There was never enough room for play, exploration, or release of control.

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Watercolor was closer - I could play, I could release control, and I could layer translucency, but I was always fighting with the paper.