I was sitting with my roommate at the kitchen table, putting off homework.  I had to turn in my proposal for my Junior Seminar class the next day, and had no idea what I might do.  I had to commit to the project for an entire semester, and thus far, had absolutely no ideas.  I was lighting note cards on fire.  Watching the beauty of the flame dance across the card,  frantically blowing it out before it reached my fingertips.  I'll photograph fire.  It was just that simple.  I saw something beautiful, something worth exploring, and I committed to working on it a year and a half.  This was the first "keeper" of the series, and also on the...

As the year begins to wind to an end I find myself in my usual contemplative state, and also in a state of total shock that 2019 is just around the corner.  It was just a year ago that Seth and I were sitting at the dining room table discussing what we wanted out of the upcoming year.  The decision was made that we would rent out our condo in Cap Hill, move back to the Vail Valley, and that fingers crossed, I would be able to find work. I put in for my leave of absence from teaching, and quickly began scouring the Vail Daily classifieds looking for potential job leads.  The search was eventually met with a question...

The days following shows are hard.  Actually shows are just hard in general, but I find the recovery from them especially exhausting.  I just returned from Dallas, Texas, where I did my first out of state show.  It was a decent show, I sold my favorite piece to a lovely couple from the area, which made the trip down there worth it.  I also, learned a lot in my first experience traveling a decent distance to a show.  Like a twelve hour drive is really hard, especially after busting your butt for four consecutive days, and especially when driving in the snow and wind of Northern Texas…. What makes recovery do hard is that you are still so PUMPED UP,...

I have always admired work that has a coat of epoxy resin on it.  Something about the gloss has always made me want to try it.  I have also always been quite fearful of trying epoxy resin, thinking that it was extremely toxic (and many types are) and hard to work with.

I am living in "the in between" space of life right now.  The space where you have made a lot of big decisions and choices, but as for right now- nothing is certain.