I entered my studio yesterday thinking I would work on a large canvas. After a solid 30 tinkering around, bowls and buckets of stones caught my eye. It’s been awhile since I’ve worked these tiny canvases. Appreciating the accessibility of their size and the immediacy of completing something creative in one studio sesh, I cherry picked a handful and got to work.
I’ve been reflecting (as one does and seems to do more of during the kick off month of a new year— helllooo January!) and remembering a time when I sold work on Etsy and earned my living painting stones. Life is a trip. Those small stone works were about tactile intimacy and connection. I thought of them as touchstones to the natural world and to eachother. They were about making art accessible and affordable.
Throughout this year, I will release sets of 9 stones at random on my website. Why nine? Read this. The pattern is intended as a connecting force unifying each group of stones. As part of my art practice, I will only paint these sets when I am feeling centered, calm and at peace. I believe energy imprints objects and I promise to take the utmost care in tending to mine. You can purchase one, or a few or the whole set.
A bit of the backstory to this idea: I don’t know about you, but the world feels loud and chaotic AF. I feel a sense of urgency to cultivate an environment of calm and peace inside me. Art is one of the ways I do just this. My painted stone sets are intended to be tangible and aesthetic reminder that everything and everyone is interconnected.
Visit my shop to check it out…