"Emerging From The Rubble" - Acrylic on canvas.

Emerging from the rubble is a hand feet and body only therapeutic meditation painting.

This was the first of the series. As I worked my way through this landscape of emotions and the craziest year with covid...A tornado hit nashville... and places I had just visited a few days prior were destroyed. More than ever I needed a happy place . And I found it in creating this artwork. This piece speaks to the testimony of the year 2020. It was the rubble. Now, thank goodness we are emerging from the rubble. Happier and more boldly colorful days ahead .

"Going At It Alone" - Acrylic impasto on canvas.

Quarantine hit and this piece became one of my favorites to create. The flowers melt down the canvas as we all did Slowly finding out the news of covid 19. I found happiness in the vibrant hues of purple and loved trying out a new technique with using paper mixed into my medium.

"Moonlight on the Mountain" - Acrylic impasto on canvas.

This sculptural painting was created honoring the original music listening venue “Moonlight on the Mountain” in Birmingham, Alabama but as I built this series I imagined it could be a moonlight in Vietnam... It’s colors melted into those of the other painting in the series like they were always meant to be together. So now they are ;)

"Orange Sunsets" - Acrylic impasto on canvas.

Inspired by colorful sunrises in Saigon. These vibrant florals shout better days ahead and even bring beautiful bees back into my artwork.

The Green Room... where you wait for news, results, or to get on stage. This green room was a quiet serene peaceful garden of green and violet and you could smell the honeysuckle. I could sit in this green room indefinitely.

Oh The beauty of knowing you are loved. No matter how far away or how long between visits. This is the one where you can pick right back up where you left off. No need to be anyone but yourself. Love real love can overcome distance. Maybe this is a loved one from heaven reaching out to warm your spirit and let you know you are not alone.

The blue of the water is the blue of nearly a midnight sky and it crawls into the neon orange petals blowing in a breeze. I can feel the wind on my face and the warmth of the sunshine on my shoulders. The water glistens like copper on the lake .

This work takes me back to a childhood memory of eating sherbet with my
father. I imagine the kiddos dancing in the brilliant sunsets In the MEKONG DELTA . I imagine the sky is cotton candy like. There are bright orange and beautiful lavender florals that blend deep into the sherbet sky. These are the first crystal clear dreamsicle flowers I’ve painted. These are applied with pallet knife and silicon tools & crafted from a custom blend of Iridescent mediums and gloss varnish.

Suggested pairing pieces can be found below.

Take a bicycle down the trail through HOI An and discover flowers that look like they are made of icing. Maybe it’s a birthday or a new baby on the way. Maybe it’s for an angel or to honor someone’s memory. This beautiful white washed round sculpted floral speaks its own language as the colorful blooms all connect and wind themselves together. We are all connected somehow...and in the end all that will Matter is how well we loved others.

Rainbows are signs from loved ones past. This painting is in honor of my friend Matthew Stewart an artist actor writer and friend.

Created in your honor Matthew Stewart. *I painted this rainbow landscape to help me walk in faith that you are walking w me in spirit in these colorful sculpted and painted gardens. I felt your presence many nights in the studio. I remember your encouragement and saved the voicemail of you saying you were like a kid at Christmas When you actually got to see a painting of mine you bought arrive on your door step. Thank you for telling me I could be an artist without formal training. Thank you for being my friend, my art mentor , loving me well while we had the time and for gifting me confidence in my artwork. - your memory will always remain in the strokes of everything I create from here on out. You believed in me when I didn’t know what acrylic meant ... -love -hoopster”

Plucked from the water these water lillies are a perfect pair. Just like fire the golden sunset burns behind them so passionately. Love burns brightly when it’s side by side. I love the vines holding them tighter creating a bond.

Chains represent the struggle of the city machine to keep going during the covid 19. But the beauty surrounding it never left. Wooden flowers, paper, plaster, bungee chords, antique chain and metal combined with sculpted acrylic florals makes this Saigon night scene abstract call you to join in its colorful evening.

Taken from the Lily Gathering imagery this one definitely kept me from having the blues and I fell right into the dreamy turquoise gouache water and fell in love with this boat. Gathering flowers and singing songs at sunset in Vietnam. Then I woke from my nap in Nashville and it was raining and still covid 19’ shutdown.

I knew I was sick again and felt completely isolated during covid. The drs brushed me off but we found out it was cancer. This was a working through of being isolated and alone. It became a blessing because it helped me grow and become stronger . Now I can face the knowing .

Framed Test panel

This is a piece I used to test techniques for the series. I love these test Panels because they give my audience a peek inside my creative and learning process.

This golden bronze and turquoise abstract is a matte super textured piece that reminds me of fall.