Spent hours this morning weeding, pruning and centering myself in the garden today. As tired, sweaty and dirty I was afterwards, I felt a calmness I haven’t felt in days. The garden does that for me. The Kalmia latifolia (AKA Mountain Laurels) are in full bloom right now and I’m in awe of their majesty. They are thriving in the garden with the Holly Tone and irrigation I’m giving them. With care, I’ve brought so many of these native shrubs back from oblivion. In the studio, I continued to blur the edges of the magnolia painting. I’m trying to bring together visually, the clarity of the magnolia with a hint of the complex universe we all survive in together.

This is a daily journal of my creative efforts for my solo exhibition at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, NY, from June 5 – September 15, 2026 and my November exhibition in Chelsea, New York City.