A season of reflection and growth

These past six months or so have involved an art pivot that looks like a slowdown. I’m still making art on a weekly basis, but more of my work has been thoughtful and experimental. I’m taking time to put things in notebooks. I’m letting myself feel unconcerned about producing something that can be sold. This… Continue reading A season of reflection and growth

NYC: a week of immersion

As a freshly-graduated 21-year-old, I up and moved myself from my home in East Tennessee to New York City. The year was 1989. I was there to complete an unpaid, full-time internship in music therapy so that I could finish the process of becoming a Registered Music Therapist–Board Certified, or RMT-BC. I moved to the… Continue reading NYC: a week of immersion

Branching out

On a whim I decided to use a page or two from an old book of prestigious but unengaging short stories to make up the skin of a gnarly old birch tree. This page is from a story by Faulkner. I’m a reader and the story couldn’t capture my attention, but this particular tree always… Continue reading Branching out

My first blog post

I have built a web page for my art! There are photos and prices! It is a huge mental leap for me, but not such a big deal after all.