My best creative ideas don't show up when I'm in effort.

Trying extra hard does nothing to have those brilliant ideas flowing - in fact, it gets in the way.

There is joy in finding a new direction in my work.

I’ve spent the past 6 months working on my painting practice, doing my best to trust, and to allow the new imagery to show up. It won’t show up if I don’t, and so I have a regular painting practice.

Like every other artist I know, I have my favorite tools for making art.

Some of the tools I work with came to me from experience, some from study, many accidentally.

A series is a group of paintings that go together, though they don’t have to hang together for each to make sense to the viewer.

When I work in a series, I make sure that each painting has its own unique quality, its own energy.

One of the most valuable skills I’ve acquired over the years is the permission to experiment.

Experimenting is different from trying to produce a perfect completed product. Experimenting, in my experience, has been crucial to helping me find my way through so much in my life, creatively and otherwise.