Still Bloom Eyes of Hope The bold pattern on the

The bold pattern on the exterior is created using the traditional technique of sgraffito—an Italian word meaning "to scratch

is only a sliver

and did whatever mergansers do - which was anything but stay in one place

On a paddling trip in Algonquin Park I took an afternoon off from canoeing with my group of friends and started this piece

Size: 7"x5"

Still Bloom Eyes of Hope The bold pattern on theSome things bloom quietly. Not for an audience not for the right season or the right soil but because blooming is simply what they know how to do. Still Bloom began as a conversation between stillness and abundance. Each flower arrived on its own terms: a peony heavy with softness, a wild rose bursting in pink against the dark. No single bloom unnecessary. They scatter and gather the way lessons do the way emotion does pulled together by something