Blog: The Collector’s Muse
Why does an artist create? For love. For truth. For beauty. But often—quietly, reverently—for you.
I call this journal The Collector’s Muse because my world is shaped by the ephemeral—the flicker of light across linen canvas, the hush between brushstrokes, a glance, a gesture, a whisper of color in an unexpected place. This is where I chronicle those sacred glimpses. An intimate space. A living altar. A place where I share the evolution of my work, my creative rituals, and the questions I ask as I move paint with breath and intention.
It is written for those who live with art—not simply around it. You are the muse who inspires the work.
To step into my studio is to enter a sanctuary where legacy is created, not curated.
If you feel drawn to experience this firsthand—to collect not only a painting, but a piece of the process—I invite you to inquire about a private showing or commission your own bespoke work: a quiet where meaning unfolds beyond the canvas.
Because art is not a transaction: it is relationship. Remembering. A return.
🖤 The Art World Is Starved
Let me tell you something I know in my bones:
The art world is starved—not for talent,
not for trends,
but for truth.
Your Medium Is Your Lover
Art, like desire, begins in the body before it lives in the mind.
We do not choose our artistic medium. Our medium chooses us—through touch, sensation, and surrender…
Disruptive Grace: When Art Screams, “Hell Yes”
Why I Create With Cheetos, Pearls, Blood & Graphite—And Why You Can Too
There is a myth in the art world:
That art must come from the approved aisle at the supply store.
That creativity is polite. Predictable. Pretty.
That “serious artists” only work in oil.
The Myth of the Daily Studio
Have you heard the sermon?
"Real artists go to the studio every day."
"Consistency is king."
"If you’re not creating daily, are you even serious?"
To that, I offer a brush dipped in gold—and dipped in blood.
Why Collectors Are Choosing Large-Scale, Custom Artworks
A Love Letter to Space, Sky, and the Sublime
Have you ever encountered a painting that changed the temperature of the room?
Not through brightness or color alone—but through its stillness, stature, and silent command?
Commissioning a Masterpiece: The Ultimate Luxury Experience
There is no greater honor than being asked to create a piece that will live in and enrich your life.
A commission is not simply a transaction—it is a communion. The collector entrusts their heart, their aesthetic, their space…
The Artist is the Offering
The Artist is the Offering
Not every offering is paint on canvas.
Sometimes, the offering is the life you’ve lived.
The city rhythms that beat through your bones. The way sunsets follow you across time zones. The way you hold two completely different worlds in your heart—and call both home.
Where Genius Whispers: On Devotion, Dissatisfaction, and Divine Pursuit
"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise us to the divine."
—LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
How devoted are you to your creative…
Color as Devotion: A New Body of Work, A New Invitation
Have you ever stood before a painting and felt your breath still—as if the color was whispering a language only your soul could understand?
These new works—born from silence, motion, and meditation, are my offering…
Cut Like a Diamond: Not Training for Danger. Training for Art.
Embracing Fear: Transforming Challenges into Artistic Brilliance
In the crucible of life's most daring adventures—scuba diving with sharks, embarking on African walking safaris, rappelling the Shawangunk cliffs, or bungee jumping in Whistler—I've discovered that confronting fear head-on….
How a Painting Can Transform Your Space—and Your State of Mind
Have you ever stood before a painting and felt your breath catch?
A certain line.
A single hue.
A layered gesture that seems to echo something you didn’t even know you remembered….
Stepping Inside Art: The Magic of Virtual Reality Painting
What if you could step into a painting? What if, instead of viewing art, you could inhabit it?
In my immersive performances, I use a virtual brush to paint in midair, transforming the LED movie screen into a portal—
Reframing Art as an Experience, Not Just an Object
Have you ever stood in front of a painting and felt it breathe?
Not just seen—but felt. As if the canvas was alive with memory, with movement, with something you couldn’t quite name… but longed to. This is the art I create…
Art as Sanctuary: Why I Work One-on-One with Private Clients & Collectors
There is something sacred about a closed door, a quiet room, and a canvas waiting.
These days, I don’t teach in large classrooms or paint on demand for gallery floors. I’ve chosen a more intimate path. I work exclusively with private clients—whether it’s a retired executive finally listening to the long-held whisper of their inner artist, or a collector searching for a piece that stirs soul-memory.
Vision Journaling Through Loss & Love
A sacred reflection on guiding 20 women through art and grief…There are moments in life so sacred, so quietly powerful, that they rethread something torn within you. Last night, I had the honor of facilitating…
A Royal Return: From Entrepreneur to Eternal Artist
Because time is the new luxury—and mine now belongs only to art. There comes a moment in a sovereign life when success is no longer enough. Not when measured in numbers, but in minutes.
I had built a thriving art education business—Santa Fe Art Classes—where thousands of beautiful souls dipped their brushes into wonder for the first time…
Commissioning a Masterpiece: The Ultimate Luxury Experience
There are few joys in this life as sacred to me as being chosen—truly chosen—to create a commissioned painting.
To be invited into your life, your story, your dreams, and to interpret that with paint… it's a holy exchange.
A dance of trust. A shared breath between muse and maker…
The Brush Becomes a Bridge: Art, Grief, and the Sacred Space of Motherless Daughters
There are moments in life that ask us to be more than ourselves. To hold space not only for our own tender stories, but for others whose hearts echo with similar ache. On April 10, I have the profound honor of leading a private, sacred art experience…
How a Painting Can Transform Your Space—and Your State of Mind
There’s a moment.
You walk into a room and your breath catches.
Not because of the furniture, or the view—
but because of the painting….It beckons you.
The Collector Becomes the Creator: Private Painting at the Edge of Sky
The Blessing of a Private Painting Student
High on a Mesa. Wide Sky. One Soul’s Vision.
There’s a stillness that lives only on the high desert mesa.
Up here, with nothing but wide sky and wind whispering across juniper and stone, I meet students…