Yellowstone: Our vacations have been transformed into artistic explorations, with photography becoming a new tool in my process. The images of things have become like found objects, blending seamlessly with the textures that I am so drawn to. This merging of imagery and texture has carried through to my latest work, most recently inspired by our time together in Yellowstone National Park in August 2024. The result is a series that captures both the simplicity of nature’s beauty and the joy of shared experience, marrying the figurative with my deeper, textural instincts. This work marks not just a creative evolution, but a personal one — my own “happily ever-after.”