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
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
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.