To make art is to be vulnerable, exposing our expressions and offering up our curiosity made manifest in what is created. To be creative can be weird and it can be wonderful. When we tell stories about who we are and what the work is about we risk preempting the process and preventing authenticity.

The big, comfy lounge chair that answered my biggest question about what it means to be an artist-in-residence.

My two-week residency was transformational! On the first day I discovered a technique that has gone on to change the way I paint.