 Thank you so much for hosting my Fearless Abstract Painting Workshop! Grateful for the amazing space and energy.
https://www.connectutah.org/#/ https://ogdencontemporaryarts.org/  Full moon party in the studio.
Gathered all the moon paintings together—same textured poetry, same quiet depth.
They glow even brighter in a crowd.
 One beam. A few small works. My shadow joining the conversation. Studio alchemy, caught in February light.
 The holy trinity—three deliberate openings in a field of white texture. Beneath the veil, darker layers wait. What we reveal is sacred; what remains hidden is equally holy.
 The gloves were meant for painting. And that's just what they'll do. #StudioGlam #FearlessArtistry
 Worthy of Earth, 2026, Mixed Media (newspaper, plaster, paint, red Utah sand, salt, sawdust) on canvas, 60” x 48”
A slot canyon is a narrow, sheer-walled drainage carved through sandstone or sedimentary rock, often squeezing to a mere sliver. Utah holds the world’s highest concentration of these geological wonders—silent, intimate, and sculpted by time. This painting began as an homage to such canyons but quickly became something more feminine and erotic, the narrow passages and shadowed depths evoking the body’s hidden corridors, desire, and surrender. I remain mesmerized by the transformation. Created at the dawn of the Chinese Year of the Fire Horse, Worthy of Earth channels passion, raw energy, and decisive action. Layers of local red Utah sand, salt, sawdust, newspaper, plaster, and paint build a textured, topographic surface that is both landscape and intimate terrain—grounding the ephemeral in place while affirming worthiness through embodied reclamation. This piece bridges nature’s erosive beauty with personal and spiritual intensity, inviting viewers to navigate their own depths and emerge affirmed.  This canvas breathes like an open book, chapters layered one upon another, heavy with what was lived. Not every page was kind, yet every one was necessary.
Commonplace raised to sacred: local newspaper pressed into skin, paper towels lifting ghosts, red Utah dirt stirred into memory. Immersed in a river’s current, baked beneath the sun, carved deep until the surface sighed. At last, two holes pierced like lungs—because even the canvas must breathe. Breath of Angels Mixed media on canvas, 16” x 12”  Fearless Abstract Painting with Youth Impact Ogden thanks to Ogden Contemporary Arts.
https://youthimpactogden.org/ https://ogdencontemporaryarts.org/  So grateful for my new friends at Make Space Kayenta in southern Utah.
https://makespacekayenta.com/ Teaching my Fearless Abstract Painting workshop to this large-hearted group was pure sweetness. Thank you to everyone who made this gathering possible. Your openness and energy made every moment shine. I can’t wait to paint with you again.  1996. Grade 11. Standing awkwardly beside my artworks at the high school show—heart pounding, trying to disappear. (Spot the three tiny arrows pointing to the pieces I poured everything into. My proudest secrets.)
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