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I hope everyone is having great a holiday season and finding beauty in anything that might look like a mess!

This is a time of year when there is likely more dishes in the kitchen from guests and baking/cooking endeavors. There may be extra reflection on how various personalities converge at holiday gatherings.

There is beauty to be found in these scenarios. When there is an intention to see beauty, beauty will be found.

This is the mindset with which I approach making original holiday cards for collectors from left over paint smears.


remnants of oil paint from 2019 paintings in process for original cards

Above are snapshots of the foundations for the next batch of original holiday cards for collectors which is still in process likely until late 2020. So if you are a collector who is used to getting my cards, I haven’t forgotten you :)! This project continues to be on the biennial.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with my tradition, I save bits of left over paint for year or two on scraps of canvas and turn them into mini abstracts. Other times there is a story told through paint that gets cut up into cards. Whether a simple wash or a more elaborate process, each card is one-of-a-kind.

The compositions are found after the paint has been put down verses planned  before, hence the process of looking for beauty in a mess.


some of the 2017/2018 batch of original cards

If you have one of my originals and haven’t received a card, I may not have your address so feel free to message me with a photo of your painting and your address if you want to be on the list. 

The cards I make are my way of saying to those who have supported me that I am thinking of you all throughout the year. Many people have helped make possible what I get to do, and I am so grateful.

I call the beginning of the new batch “Without a Net”  because there is no ink remnants in this version. Past holiday cards have often had an ink phase that mirrors the original paintings I make on canvas. The ink strokes make a structure for the paint to land within. In 2019, I left the ink net out of the process.

There is that phrase, “Leap and the net will appear.”

If you see yourself leaping in whatever way you choose in 2020…may your net appear in ways better than you could have imagined. 

Many wishes for your highest good as we go into the new year.