Journal
Reflections on art, architecture, and the quiet spaces where nature and structure meet.
This Journal documents the evolving body of work behind Zen eARTh Studios — exploring belonging, shared ground, and the relationship between animals, architecture, and home. Each entry offers insight into the ideas, materials, and places that shape my practice.
The Shine That Stayed
For over a decade, metallic paint was my quiet love—until Cyprus watercolors and fragile metal leaf changed everything. From a messy first copper attempt still hanging unfinished on my wall to letting the shine become the subject itself, this is the story of how gold, silver, and copper deepened my exploration of animals, architecture, and belonging. Read how the light started to live in the work.
Arriving Home
Arriving Home explores the quiet threshold between movement and stillness. Through gold and silver metal leaf, animals, and layered color, this piece reflects on connection, simplicity, and the warmth of return.
Wild Urban Homes: Kansas City
When Kansas City’s Art in the Loop announced the theme Home, I began wondering where belonging truly lives. In Quiet at Home, a family of owls nest beneath the Nelson-Atkins Museum lawn — where architecture and wildlife quietly share the same ground.