2024
Selected pieces for Open Studios, Santa Cruz
Flowers are a reminder of the constant presence of love in this world- a love that neither competes nor compares. Whether standing alone or gathered in a vibrant bouquet, flowers enhance the world's beauty with their delicate grace.
The photograph titled, LoveisloveisLove, each flower stands in radiant harmony with its companions, never dimming another's light but rather enhancing the tapestry of beauty that surrounds them. As they entwine, their colors merge and they teach us that in togetherness, we find not only our strength but also the deepest expression of our own essence.
Le Baiser, Pivoines, 2013
Dew Drops, 2018
Giant Peony, 2019
“Le voleur
M’a tout emporté, sauf
La lune qui était à ma fenêtre.” Ryokan
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” Jacques Yves Cousteau
Jenner, California
Wilder, Santa Cruz, California
Point Reyes, California
“May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that you may glimpse your wild divinity.”
“May you always trust the urgency and wisdom of your own spirit.
May the shelter and nourishment of all the good you have done, the love you have shown, the suffering you have carried, awaken around you to bless your life a thousand times.
And when love finds the path to your door may you open like the earth to the dawn, and trust your every hidden color towards its nourishment of light
May Divine Beauty bless you.”
John O’Donohue, excerpts from Beauty – The Invisible Embrace
