Thank You!

Thoughts regarding Josh Kline’s essay New York Real Estate and the Ruin of American Art in October and more.

2025 was a difficult year for me because I gave birth to my second baby. I had to learn how to be less ambitious. I stopped taking on client work and I did not go into the studio for many months. Instead, I stayed close to home and off Instagram for the first forty days after giving birth. I

Every Tuesday I paint inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I am a participant in the Met Copyist program, the longest running program at the Met. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday there are artists painting in various galleries throughout the Met. Copying a master painting is a tried and true way to learn. Anyone can draw with pencil inside the Met, but only through the Copyist program can you paint or use wet media. 

I recently created artwork for The Razor Literary Magazine’s July edition. I created artwork for their August 2023 edition (for the writings Jack and Jill Get Up and Go by Diana Mullins and Mucking About by Jennifer Brown).