CREATING WITH THE LOUISIANA SWAMP
the artist
Creating has always been about connecting to something larger than myself.
It began in my early teens, painting feelings that didn’t yet have words. In moments of loneliness or uncertainty, I sketched to find a quiet companionship within the work itself. Art became both a mirror and a doorway — a way to heal myself and the world around me. Eventually, I realized those two things were not separate.
Over time, that practice deepened into a relationship with the land. The Louisiana swamp — its birds, trees, waters, and shifting seasons — became both teacher and collaborator. Paying attention to the natural world reshaped the way I create, reminding me that life is bigger than constant productivity and that meaning often reveals itself slowly.
Today, my work continues to explore that space between the inner world and the living landscape. Through painting and illustrating, I follow energies, emotions, and moments of connection as they surface.
May my art be a reminder of slowness, intention, and a deeper relationship with this life on Earth.
behind the art
The Art Shoppe
This 5.5x8.5-inch softcover guide is 24 pages of art and inspiration to help you remember your connection to this Earth.
Inside, you’ll find rituals, stories, grounding practices, and affirmations that have helped me flirt with the Earth and rekindle my connection over the years. It’s not a how-to. It’s a remembering.
I designed this guidebook to be dog-eared, written all over, kissed by the sun, and tucked into your bag on the days when nature calls.
Herons are patient hunters. They wait, still as a tree for their next meal, trusting that Mother Earth will supply it. These gentle, yet giant birds don’t stress about what’s to come, or if it will be bigger or smaller than their last meal. I like to think they are wiser, older souls who have mastered the art of patience.
Let the heron inspire you to respond to all your worries with patience.
I sit with each canvas print, marinating it with the intention to bring peace and love into its new home. Enjoy!
The Dragonfairy symbolizes a permanent letting go and an endless devotion to being fully here on Earth, guided and on purpose, to flirt with nature and inspire others to do the same. She imbues wisdom and the presence of Mother Nature into whatever space she resides.
Maybe you’re feeling unsettled because you’re not meant to stay in the cocoon. It takes courage to slough off the old, old thoughts, old habits, old friends - although you’ve outgrown it all, it was comfort for a time. Your cocoon was once so warm, safe, and snug. Now, as you wiggle around in it with all of your old baggage, it's become so uncomfy, and as you stretch and squirm, no matter how much you loved your old life, you know it all must be left behind.
No being, not even the monarch butterfly, has a clue about the beauty that is to come, and that’s what is so unsettling. Yet, we trust it, shedding the old and just as Mother Earth planned it, flying high.