A Bloom of Hope

Beauty inspires hope and healing.


It’s easy for me to make pretty things that might cheer people up, but I also don’t want to ignore the pain of loss or grief. That’s when art that is merely pretty can make me feel disingenuous or even in denial! Of course I’ll still make pretty things because yes.

But this is about hope— the circumstances these days feel like a wildfire, and lordy knows we’ve had plenty of those too.

Wildfires can be natural, but are still devastating. This painting is about the blooms and regrowth that happens afterwards. Called fire-followers, or Pyrophytic Plants

Some seeds can last for almost 10 years underground, and require the heat or smoke from fire to propagate. As for this painting, I wanted to both honor the devastating loss affecting us all, while bringing hope.

You can find more information about the plants I included on my blog here.

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