Created during and after an artist residency at Château d’Orquevaux in Champagne-Ardenne, France, these paintings mark a shift toward a looser, more intuitive approach to painting. Inspired by the natural beauty and quiet rhythm of the French countryside, the work explores color, texture, and expressive mark-making through landscapes, still lifes, and portraiture.

That sensibility continues beyond France, where gesture, atmosphere, and observation become a way of exploring place, memory, and femininity. From the French countryside to California, the paintings reflect moments of becoming – shaped by environment, longing, and the shifting ways we see ourselves.