I spent today designing the graphics for the sheer entry curtains that will hang in the installation for my November show. Partway through, something clicked. I’ve made this design before. Over 20 years ago, working toward my Botanical Illustration Certificate at the New York Botanical Garden, I drew the Compositae family, flowers whose petals all radiate from a central circle. And here I was again, decades later, building circles within circles. It’s strange and grounding to catch yourself returning to the same shape across a whole career. Gardens, drawings, pixels, oil paint. Different tools, same center.

I began this daily journal in February, 2026 as I prepared for three exhibitions. My solo exhibition, “Portraits From My Garden” at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, NY, on view from June 5 – September 15, 2026, and my work that was on view in the June, 2026 group show, “Raising Women’s Voices” in Chelsea, NYC.

My next solo exhibition titled “Centering in the Midst of Chaos” will be at the Ceres Gallery in Chelsea, New York City, November 3 – 28, 2026.
It will feature digital artwork, oil paintings, and a multimedia installation.