A beautiful spring day with temps in the 60s pushed me outside to do a bit of gardening. Spent time raking and cutting back old hellebore leaves. Spotted these Galanthus elwesii, AKA Snowdrops. Two weeks ago, they were still covered in snow, and today, they made my heart sing since they were dancing in the sunshine. I brought that sunshine into the studio where I continued to work on the dahlia painting. I’m trying to layer transparent paints to keep the brushwork of the lower layers showing through. We’ll see as time goes by whether I’ll be able to maintain that goal.

These daily studio notes lead toward my 2026 solo exhibitions in New York City and  Poughkeepsie, NY.