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Breathing Room

2019

This collection was made to highlight each element, no color or element touches in these works. Each layer is created on acrylic panel and exists completely separate yet they interact when viewed front on.

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Previous works

2020 Gaslight

2020 There Will Be More

2020 Meditations

2019 Iridescent Light

2019 Breathing Room

2018 Coalesce

2018 The Divide

2017 Meet Me in the Black & White

2017 Miscellaneous

2016 Blue & Gold

I’m learning that my studio practice is integral I’m learning that my studio practice is integrally tied to my exercise routine. 

Before children I would go for a long run in the afternoon then spend hours in my studio late into the evenings. 

I moved my treadmill into a corner of my studio last year. I walked on it here and there but hardly used it while in my second pregnancy. Now with 2 kids at home I watch the monitors while I run on my treadmill. 

I did my 3 mile jog and at the end my babies were still napping and I compulsively let myself paint till they woke up. 

Running sets me on fire and puts me in a flow state in my painting. I realize the pleasure of my painting practice is and always has been just as tied to my running practice. 

I endeavor to enjoy more 2 hour blips of running and painting like this. 

Pictured: today’s pour, monitoring 2 babies, the pour, my treadmill, one of the many daddy long legs that lives in my studio - I’m channeling my inner Louise Bourgeois and welcoming this “Maman” as I am in my mother years myself 💕

✌️stay sweet.
I gave birth to our son in mid-July. There are som I gave birth to our son in mid-July. There are some seasons of life that demand everything from you. 
Every cell.
Every second.
Every inch.
Every ounce.
Every dollar.
Every breath.

This past month I have felt at my limit, physically and emotionally as I gave birth to an almost 10 pound baby at home and am learning how to parent 2 under 2. But after 1 month my head is finally above water. And things are smoother, easier, and we are getting a routine. 

I’m eternally grateful for my husband @joelolmstead who has been by my side every second he could be for the last month. To my daughter for her resilience and for her gift of new art that she colored for us when brother was born. 

I’m thankful for my birth team at @fairfax.home.birth and all they do to make me feel safe and in control and cared for. I’m thankful for my family and those who’ve shown us such love. I’m thankful for these first few weeks which are also so sweet and too fast. 

Pictured: the fam, my daughter’s art added to the gallery wall, pinkies up and manicures. 

Stay sweet ✌️
Almost a week late reflecting on Mother’s Day bu Almost a week late reflecting on Mother’s Day but last weekend I was enjoyed the actual day with my mother and swimming in the pool with my own baby. 

As I’ve been mentally trying to wrap my mind around having a son I keep coming back to this piece I made for my girl. “A Girl Child” 30”x40” available 

I’m soaking in the last few weeks with my girl before her little brother arrives and the feeling of being pierced through the heart swells up. Motherhood pierces us and there’s no undoing it. #piercedpainting #studioscenes #artistatwork
I’ve used 24k gold in my art for over 10 years n I’ve used 24k gold in my art for over 10 years now. It began as an effort to bring light into my works and to make them glow and change in a room depending on the light. 

But beginning with my 2018 series “The Divide” gold began to symbolize the value and light that loved one’s being to our lives. This continued when I turned my “lifelines” into gold tracing relationships across canvas. 

As I’m marinating in motherhood and soaking in the new relationships with my children I’m floating in a sea of gold. It’s drowning and consuming unlike any other relationship I’ve had, but that’s also what makes it bright and valuable and golden. #golden
Nothing stays the same That’s what I’m telli Nothing stays the same 

That’s what I’m telling myself anyway while I struggle through these last few months of pregnancy. It’s temporary. I can change again. And again. And again. I am a creature that can shed its skin and evolve time and time again even when it’s uncomfortable. 

Going with the flow.  Stay sweet ✌️ #artistatwork #studioscenes #doitfortheprocess
The goal of my art is to make something beautiful The goal of my art is to make something beautiful through light and story. Turning human experiences into something beautiful. Making something lovely to hold on to when it’s hard. 

Most women I know try to make life more beautiful. Your lights inspire me. Here’s my life lately. 

Pregnant, toddler, painting, working, home renovation, spring. Light. ✨ 

#artistatwork #makelight #doitfortheprocess

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