I am beyond excited to introduce a new collection of jewelry and clothing featuring my original hand drawn flower design. Made with sterling silver, tulsi (holi basil) and the softest & coziest fabrics, this collection is inspired by a friendship that began in 2014. … Read the rest “Introducing my NEW Jewelry Collection!”
A street in London, a cafe in Paris and the South of France. As I near the end of a trip, I am almost always ready to come home.… Read the rest “A Cafe in Paris”
Today, I woke up at 4:43am. After traveling for almost three weeks, I am still on Paris time. I tossed & turned trying to find sleep again.… Read the rest “From night to dawn, chasing the sun…”
It’s cool when your daughter once so small she weighed only 6 pounds 7 ounces, comes to your studio and helps you work out a new idea for your upcoming show.… Read the rest “Daughters, My Studio & Making Art”
This morning I put on my advocacy hat and volunteered along with other attorneys and pre-law and law students to volunteer at The Milwaukee Justice Center (MJC) providing pro bono legal services to those, primarily from marginalized populations, in need of legal services.… Read the rest “The Artist, The Attorney & The Etching Studio”
Yesterday, I got to be on a lake for the first time this year and ski again. But when my marriage ended many years ago, one of the hardest things I had to let go of was lake life.… Read the rest “Smiling from the Inside Out…”
Playing with color. And remembering the Stonewall Uprising in June of 1969 that launched a new era of resistance and revolution for LGBT rights. Thank you to the LGBTQ+ community for bringing color to our lives.… Read the rest “Color, Pride & History…”
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love to travel. No matter where I go, it brings me back to my immigrant story. I was born on April 3rd in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.… Read the rest “Celebrating another journey around the sun with travel & homemade chai:)”
For the women, children and families devastated by the bombing of the maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. For mothers and daughters. Aunts and sisters.… Read the rest “Ukraine, War & International Women’s Day…”
Today was the beginning of Women’s History Month. And in honor and celebration of my ancestors and the generations of women who came before me, I was going to invite you to my studio for chai, storytelling and community.… Read the rest “Women’s History Month, A Flat Tire & Homemade Chai…”
As I settle into another year of unknowns, fight the isolation that comes with the bitter cold and dig into new work and new goals, I find myself thinking about process.… Read the rest “The Making of my Limited Edition Artist Book”
Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
My Artist Book, 2020 a visual & written retrospective, would not have happened if I had believed only in what seemed possible at the time.… Read the rest “Introducing 2020, The Artist Book”
I am always in awe of how time so often feels like it is moving so slowly but when looking back it has moved so fast.… Read the rest “Check out our NEW Artist Book featured in OnMilwaukee.com!”
We traveled by train and walked the streets of New York. We explored Central Park and the lesser known outer banks. We flew above the clouds, celebrated the beginning of my next journey around the sun, and felt like we belonged to something larger than ourselves.… Read the rest “We traveled by train…”
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