Original Works
Original acrylic paintings
Falling Into bloom explores the quiet beauty found in surrender rather than perfection. Cascading blossoms emerge from a rustic trellis, their luminous petals stretching downward in delicate ribbons of color, blurring the line between bloom and memory.Acrylic on canvas
34'“ x 21”
Acrylic on canvas
A contemporary reinterpretation of a pastel still life originally painted by my father. This piece honors his influence while reflection the evolution of my own artistic voice.
36” x 36”
Acrylic on canvas
Protea, eucalyptus, winterberry, and shore pine are gathered int a single structure-each element distinct, none competing. The composition is held rather than arranged, guided by balance instead of display.
The palette stays warm but measured, allowing the foliage to carry the weight. Texture moves through the surface quietly, creating depth without agitation. What emerges is a sense of cohesion built from contrast-strength held alongside softness, persistence alongside breath.
The work is less about intensity than about what remains steady once intensity passes.
24” x 36”
Acrylic on canvas
Petals and a Window is a quiet interior moment.
A vase of flowers sits against a field of layered blues, brushstrokes moving like light across glass. The composition is loose and expressive, allowing color and gesture to suggest rather than describe. Petals drift and soften, as if caught mid-fall or just after a breath.
The window is implied rather than seen - a boundary between inside and out, stillness and movement. The flowers feel temporary, tender, and real. Nothing is arranged for effect; everything feels observed.
This piece is about pause. About standing still long enough to notice something passing.
It does not ask for attention.
It waits.
36” x 36”
Acrylic on canvas
This work unfolds in near darkness.
Lilies and eucalyptus emerge against a deep, rain washed ground - forms suspended between presence and disappearance. Vertical striations move through the surface like falling water or time passing, softening edges and blurring certainty. What remains is not drama, but persistence.
The lily blooms are rendered with restraint, their pale petals catching light briefly before receding again into shadow. Eucalyptus leaves hover and drift, less botanical than atmospheric - markers of breath, pause, and survival.
This is a meditation on quiet endurance.
Not the moment of bloom, but what continues afterward.
Not spectacle, but resilience.
The piece reveals itself slowly. Its power is calmative, experienced over time rather than at first glance. It asks the viewer to stay.
This is not a declaration.
It is a companion.
24” x 36”
Acrylic on canvas
This was the first original. Palette knife. Tubes of paint. No plan beyond instinct.
Color was pushed directly onto the surface- thick, raw, uncorrected. The roses arrived fast and hot, built from pressure and momentum rather than control. There was no safety net, no reversal. Just the decision to begin.
What holds the piece together is not refinement, but commitment.
The willingness to stay in it once the first mark was made.
This work marks the shift- from composition to presence, from knowing to doing.
The moment before confidence, when risk is still visible.
36” x 36”
Acrylic on canvas
Crimson peonies and purple irises enter the frame with intensity, saturated and unapologetic. They carry the instinct to declare themselves. But the background does not yield. The dark field and whispering arcs of curly willow temper the color, slowing it down, holding it in check. The flowers press forward; the ground absorbs the impact.
What unfolds is not a competition, but a negotiation.
Drama meets resistance.
Neither overtakes the other.
The color does not shout.
The darkness does not silence it.
Attention gathers in the tension between the two.
36” x 36”
Acrylic on canvas
Quince and juniper rise together in a restrained vertical composition. The foliage is narrow, structured, and deliberate - nothing spills or reaches beyond its place.
The background carries warmth and movement, but remains controlled, allowing the form to stay intact. Small blossoms appear sparingly, almost incidentally, held within the structure rather than ornamenting it.
The work feels neither dormant nor in bloom. It exists in the in-between- steady alert, and quietly alive.
18” x 36”
Acrylic on canvas
Lavender Drift is an atmospheric meditation on color, light, and the quiet rhythm of a flowering meadow. Layers of luminous green dissolve into self violet blooms creating the feeling of walking through a landscape where memory and perception gently blur.Acrylic on canvas
40” x 30”
Acrylic on canvas