Lavandula Virtue
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Lilypad Pixie
August 2025
Mixed Media
This painting grew out of my lifelong love for frogs and fairies. What began years ago as a quick sketch, later etched into my skin as a tattoo, has now blossomed into life on canvas. For me, it’s a reflection of spirit..like frogs, I move between worlds, adapting to shifting conditions both in and out of the water. They are rare, resilient beings, and in their uniqueness, I see my own.
Blue Kyoto
September 2025
Acrylic
This piece is a journey inward. The blue holds a triad of meaning...the throat chakra, the element of water, and the blue book. It carries the faith I’ve found in a higher power, rooted in the serenity prayer...the first anchor I clung to at the start of my sobriety.
Handprints rise from the bottom to the top of the canvas, a testament to the human experience: messy, beautiful, difficult, and real.
The dragon, so often seen as a symbol of fear and destruction, carries another story. In Japanese legend, a blue dragon rises from the east to protect the city of Kyoto. A creature thought terrifying becomes a guardian, choosing to stand for good over evil. This mirrors the human condition: we are not purely light, nor purely dark, but both. As above, so below. Within us lives the freedom to choose.
We all carry a beast inside. The question is: how will you wield it? To deny it is to fear it. To see it, understand it, and embrace it is to transform it into strength.
MARIA
October 2025
Acrylic
Bathed in soft, shifting hues of pink, this piece captures the quiet strength and delicate vulnerability of the female form. The outlined figure: Unadorned, open, and unapologetically bare stands as a tribute to the emotional and physical journey faced by women battling breast cancer.
Gentle floral drips cascade through the composition, symbolizing both the softness of womanhood and the fragile, flower-like nature of our health. These blooms serve as reminders that resilience and delicacy can exist side by side, each amplifying the other.
Created in honor of my mother, this work stands as a heartfelt dedication to every woman who has confronted, endured, and overcome the trials of breast cancer. It is a celebration of beauty, courage, and the tender strength that blossoms in the face of adversity.
October 2025
Mixed Media
In this piece, the bold primaries: red, yellow, and blue take center stage.
These are the first colors children learn, the foundations of a creative world, and the building blocks from which every other color is born. Their simplicity speaks to early childhood, a time when identity is still forming and the world feels bright, vivid, and full of possibility.
The playful reference to the classic “Monkeys in a Barrel” game reinforces this sense of youth. But beneath the nostalgia lies a deeper message: in our formative years, we are impressionable. We mirror, mimic, and mold ourselves after what we see around us. The linked monkeys become a symbol of how easily we can fall into patterns...sometimes without even realizing it.
This artwork asks a simple, powerful question:
As we grow, do we choose to lead or follow?
Just because monkey sees, must monkey do?