Spring Flowers & Love Letters

Each piece captures nature’s poetry and the sentimentality of handwritten words, woven together in texture and color. At heart, I am a romantic, drawn to the quiet emotions that linger in petals and paint.

Coastal Flowers Mixed Media
Each floral piece features a delicate coastal wildflower, their intricate patterns and organic shapes pressed into modeling paste, preserving nature’s artistry in exquisite detail. Soft washes of vibrant watercolor breathe life into each imprint, highlighting its natural beauty. Finally, they are carefully cut and mounted onto a hand-printed acrylic background, enriched with gel plate textures, creating a layered, tactile composition that echoes the beauty of the wild coast.

Love Letter Collage
I came across a collection of beautifully handwritten love letters from WWII—Maurice, who was a sailor stationed in Pearl Harbor months before the start of the War— pours his heart out to his beloved Jeanette. Each note begins with the tender words, “Hello Darling.” His longing, devotion, and affection echoed through every page, a testament to love enduring across distance and time. Inspired by this poignant exchange, I created collages using torn copies of the letters, layered with tissue, hand-printed papers, hand-drawn florals, and touches of gold leaf—each piece designed to feel like a letter itself, revealing only glimpses of their conversation beneath delicate layers of sentiment and memory.

If you are interested in reading the the love letters from Maurice his "darling" Jeanette you can find them here:
"Love Letters from a Sailor in the Pacific" >>
https://www.usni.org/archives/memoirs/love-letters-sailor-pacific-part-1