How’s Your Zoom Background? At this point, we are all too familiar with the Zoom drill: turn off your background music, turn on the lights, close the door so the dogs and kids don’t disrupt your meeting. Some of your…
Art alchemizes fear into a higher vision, pain into possibility, loneliness into community. Art is catharsis and declaration. Art is omen and medicine. Atoning. Attuning. Art is the subconscious craning to be attended, transcendence embodied. Art is the Divine’s search…
Seniors Amy Chang, Damla Aydin, and Sreoshi Sarkar helped me paint this mural for the Class of 2020My son graduated from high school yesterday. No parents were allowed at the event. He walked on to the platform, had his photo…
ry This at Home When I was in high school, through a series of dumb luck circumstances, I acted in a series of television commercials. (Addidas, McDonalds, Minute Maid). With my earnings, I bought the cheapest condo ever built. This…
I took two months off from mural painting starting mid-November 2019. I set parameters for myself during this time: no errands, no daytime socializing, just show up to my studio from 9-5 every day with no agenda. I imagined I…
Last night’s Superbowl was a roller coaster ride with a sharp, unfortunate plunge at the end. I am not a football fan (in protest of head injuries and cheerleader salaries), but I know which team was supposed to win last…
In recent months, the ground has been shifting under my feet. I’ve been getting honest with myself about the condition of our planet, and the unsustainability of my current lifestyle. The result is shaking up entrenched beliefs and challenging…
Last week, I attended a dedication ceremony for a mural at Collins Elementary School. Over one hundred families and teachers donated to their school mural project, and a plaque honoring the donors was presented at the event. We celebrated the…
A few months ago I watched the young Swedish climate change activist Greta’s Thunberg’s TED talk. I was moved by her message regarding the urgency of political action required to mitigate climate change. I hope that the march that she has inspired…
My summer painting adventure included painting several four-wall bedroom murals. I didn’t go to Antarctica, but my clients did! They had the trip of a lifetime, so when it was time to choose a theme for the nursery for their…