The plants will find a way. In reasonable conditions, and with a little support, they’ll rise and they will bloom. There’s a connection to be made there, about humanity, about our abilities, and about what we can hope for.

A single painting can change everything. What began as a struggle to reconcile abstraction with the marks I loved from my Meadows series became an unexpected breakthrough—one inspired by a late-night studio session, a children's book, and an unlikely perspective.