Weekly Wrap-Up:

A full week, anchored by two trips into the city for the Ceres Gallery group show, Raising Women’s Voices — first to hang it, then to celebrate it at Thursday’s opening reception, where rich conversations with visitors made the long commute more than worthwhile. Back in the studio, a new orchid painting is underway: composition mapped digitally, grid transferred to canvas with pastel, and the first thin washes of oil paint now in place. A small detour with a Mr. Clean eraser solved a pastel-too-dark mishap. Meanwhile, the eternal tightrope between botanical accuracy and abstraction remains the defining creative tension. Off the canvas, a switch from iMovie to CapCut opens new possibilities for quiet, vertical video — a natural fit for the Take a Minute series on YouTube.

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I began this daily journal in February, 2026 as I prepared for my solo exhibition, “Portraits From My Garden” at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, NY, from June 5 – September 15, 2026, my work for the group show, “Raising Women’s Voices” at the  Ceres Gallery in from June 23. to July 18, 2026, and my upcoming November 2026, solo exhibition titled, “Centering in the Midst of Chaos” in Chelsea, New York City