“Taking It All In” found a home with a new collector in Indiana this month. I met this wonderful person and collector over ten years ago in Paris, France in April. We were both there for an intensive Classical Realism drawing program through Studio Escalier. Learning to sculpt the figure with varied hardness of charcoal pencil on paper we spent our time drawing at the Louvre Museum and from a live model. These six weeks in Paris were filled with so many gifts including new friendship.

I felt both like a tourist at times, and someone who was starting to consider Paris a second home. Paris will forever hold a special place in my heart. With travel currently placed on the back burner, it is wonderful to have such fond memories and a friend to reconnect with over art and our shared study abroad experience.

Travel is returning, still today my journeys take me outdoors among the trees. With the arrival of spring, it is so nice to be outside and see new buds on the trees and shrubs, green leaves and splashes of brilliant color emerging through the damp soil. Soon the trees will be full of leaves and song birds, and the dirt paths we find will continue to lead the way toward adventure and discovery. It is a season ripe with change and emergence, growth and vibrance, my happy place. Happy Spring!