Sometimes a color comes to me before the story does. With Mourning, it was muted grays and deep, breathing reds—shades that felt like they were carrying something unspoken. I followed them without questioning, letting shapes take form the way emotions sometimes surface when you least expect them.
Only later did I realize this series was about grief—not the loud, obvious kind, but the quiet undercurrent that moves beneath our days. The moments when life is still happening, yet something essential is missing.
The Mourning series is deeply personal, but it’s not meant to tell just my story. Each piece holds space for you to see your own reflections—your own people, places, or seasons of life.
I think that’s why these works tend to connect so strongly with collectors. Lost (2022) carries that searching, fragmented feeling I remember so well, while Beginning (2022) feels like the first glimpse of light after a long night. The more you live with them, the more they shift—subtle details catching light in a new way, colors deepening with the seasons, the mood changing depending on where you are in your own life.
They’re a small, intimate corner of my body of work, which makes them rare in that sense. They’re easy to live with, but they don’t fade into the background. They stay with you, quietly becoming part of the rhythm of your space—and maybe even part of your own healing process.
Technically, the process for this series felt almost meditative. I layered color slowly, allowing pigment to settle into the paper before adding the next tone. Some days I worked in near silence, other days with music that could hold the weight of what I was feeling. I let the edges stay soft in places, blurred like memory, but also gave certain lines a firmness—like the moments in grief where clarity cuts through the fog.
Every piece in Mourning came from that balance: letting go of control while still choosing what to keep. It’s the same balance I’ve had to find in life when navigating loss.
If you’ve ever been drawn to artwork that grows with you—changing as your life changes—this series might speak to you in the same way it’s spoken to me. You can explore the Mourning collection here.
