24×30”
acrylic, hand-knit wool & cashmere, embroidery floss on 1.5” deep cradled belgian linen
i put ~200 hours into this piece and aside from holiday ornaments, it's the only thing i worked on for more than 2 months at the end of 2025. i love this piece more than anything i've ever created (a bold statement, I know!), but at many points during its creation, i told myself, "it's not scalable to make art that takes this long to finish."
now, looking at every painted leaf, every hand-knit stitch, every painstaking french knot, every woven rose, i know this work and this style doesn't need to be scalable; i am only one person and i cannot scale myself.
i want to shake my former corporate self by the shoulders and shout, "YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE - YOU NEED TO SPEND YOUR MOST FINITE RESOURCES OF TIME AND ENERGY ON THINGS YOU LOVE." it's been a year since i left my career behind to pursue my art. i can never have back the 15 years i spent pushing myself to do more, be more, and serve everyone (i.e. corporate america ÷) before myself, and it will take longer than a year to undo the corporate conditioning that's become so ingrained in me.
BUT - i do know that this piece helped me to slow down, give myself permission to take up space, and to rediscover some of my self-worth, which had previously been wholly intertwined with my career.
this past year, i've learned that our finite resources are our most valuable currency. i don't ever want to waste them again, and i want this piece to remind me of that every time i look at it.
24×30”
acrylic, hand-knit wool & cashmere, embroidery floss on 1.5” deep cradled belgian linen
i put ~200 hours into this piece and aside from holiday ornaments, it's the only thing i worked on for more than 2 months at the end of 2025. i love this piece more than anything i've ever created (a bold statement, I know!), but at many points during its creation, i told myself, "it's not scalable to make art that takes this long to finish."
now, looking at every painted leaf, every hand-knit stitch, every painstaking french knot, every woven rose, i know this work and this style doesn't need to be scalable; i am only one person and i cannot scale myself.
i want to shake my former corporate self by the shoulders and shout, "YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE - YOU NEED TO SPEND YOUR MOST FINITE RESOURCES OF TIME AND ENERGY ON THINGS YOU LOVE." it's been a year since i left my career behind to pursue my art. i can never have back the 15 years i spent pushing myself to do more, be more, and serve everyone (i.e. corporate america ÷) before myself, and it will take longer than a year to undo the corporate conditioning that's become so ingrained in me.
BUT - i do know that this piece helped me to slow down, give myself permission to take up space, and to rediscover some of my self-worth, which had previously been wholly intertwined with my career.
this past year, i've learned that our finite resources are our most valuable currency. i don't ever want to waste them again, and i want this piece to remind me of that every time i look at it.
