When I picked up a paintbrush after decades of neglect, it was only to feel the movement and color generated by emotion. The whole act an avenue to reconnect with a joy that was absent due to the rage of COVID 19. Alone in my garage as day shifted to night I allowed myself the freedom to explore, and that is exactly what I did during all those shuttered days of 2020, adventuring across canvas or wood, a swirling palette of choices made in the moment. Pure heaven, my mother would have announced if she stepped into the makeshift studio on one of those hot summer nights, the last light splashing against the walls and me dancing about in full party girl mode. And now, you ask? Yes, still painting, but oh my, the canvases have piled up, so what better time for a Holiday Art Sale?!? Tis the season to wrap up my little loves and send them off to a new home.

I have spent the last week or so bundling smaller paintings together, remembering those nights when my brush crossed from one surface straight onto another in one continuous conversation I was having within myself. Surely these paintings should remain as one. Hard to do the selling part, but I envision an adoption as a way to allow these pieces of myself to find their own lives beyond my studio, and find their own place in this world.

During the cooler months I moved my studio into our mudroom, marking off a corner to keep painting regardless of the winter freeze. Simultaneously, of course, I also became enamored of oversized canvases, and therefore had to get creative with space. But as we all have adapted to a series of disruptions and changes these past years, this was true for me too, and I managed the how to go big even within the small. Again, pure heaven. So, yes, I’m selling paintings from 4 x 4 all the way to 36 x 48, to fit all walls and budgets.

I have continued to paint on wood too, taking great joy in repurposing kitchen cabinets into tabletops. Even benches. Really, you can imagine these eclectic pieces as anything useful. My tabletops are looking to be your coffee table, sofa end table, or kitchen sideboard. Part of the fun is encouraging you to imagine uses for yourself.

If you are local, do pop by this weekend. If you aren’t, do pop over to my website: ninecentdesign.com I do hope you catch the explosion of good vibes from my vision. After all, isn’t it joy that we are all chasing down during this last month of this long year?