A Repose of Dreams was born out of a love for shape and story. Born out of aching for the high country and the long distance. A passion project that sort of made me tremble, made me rethink the terms of what I am here to do. It’s been a very bumpy road this winter and spring - lots of new, lots of shedding skins and choosing to feel the nakedness rather than grabbing the easiest “next.”

In every way this series looks towards rooting deep. Pulling on ancestral wisdom. Leaning on the Divine. Trusting that the best is yet to come, trusting that there is a story unfolding still. Being undone and slowly rebuilding with more rightness, and less quick fixes. Waiting on the provision that always comes, basking in morning dew and evening sun. It feels intrinsically connected to the strength of rebirth, the feminine courage to clear paths and realign, the communal strength that holds each individual.


Somewhere along the way of these paintings, that felt really new and unpredictable and scary to make, I began to see that what I was really painting was interconnectedness, belonging in the ancient order, being alone in the company of kinsmen. I myself have been in a death rebirth season, releasing survival patterns that got me to where I have been, and dreaming of a softer and kinder reality… full of squeezing the hands of dear ones, receiving help, being a support, and feeling the warmth of the sun. The desert brush became my model for what I was rebirthing into.


The desert brush grows in sandy soil, made of brush that has grown and withered and returned to dust, feeding new life. New life relies on old life, and on the shade of stone and the light of sun and moon : on the impermanent and the permanent. Growing closely together, each showing their own soul in shape and form, holding light and seed and change in their own ways, but all in the dance and song of the breeze and the seasons. Growing, regrowing, relying, returning. The communal and the individual.


these are the simple truths that are softening my spirit.

I love these pieces but I love even more what they have done in my mind and soul. I hope they do the same for you.