This week, I’m getting back in the studio a bit after prepping the artwork for the Locust Grove solo exhibition, bubble wrapping them, loading them into the car, and then driving a 5-hour round trip last week was tiring. But this week, prepping 50 prints in different sizes and 100 note cards for their gift shop, then driving back again to Poughkeepsie, staying overnight, setting up for the Opening Reception on Sunday, talking to people for hours about my work, and then driving back to Long Island, was a different kind of tired. Now that the planning and producing the Locust Grove solo exhibition is behind me, I’m trying to return to my normal life rhythm. I spent a few hours in the studio working on the magnolia painting and letting it travel to what it wants to become. I also found that spending time looking at my garden helped settle me down considerably. I hope to get my groove back soon.

This is a daily journal of my solo exhibition at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, NY, from June 5 – September 15, 2026, my work in the group show at the Ceres Gallery in June, and my upcoming November exhibition in Chelsea, New York City.