Success seems to come and go in waves, and currently I've been embracing a chapter of momentum in my career. My latest oil painting (seen below), titled Softness and Rage has been warmly received in my local community.
This summer it was selected as the cover of Inside Sacramento ‘s June publication, and was awarded the 2nd place prize by juror Susie Kantor at the annual regional exhibit called Slice at the Pence Gallery in Davis, CA! I am so proud and excited to have shown at a gallery that I’ve admired since my time as an undergrad at UC Davis.
I’d also been graciously invited to show my work at Mishka’s cafe, a beloved, 90s era coffee shop in Davis, CA for the month of July. I went out on a creative limb and decided to frame all nine of my fine art prints with a custom, colorful frame and custom, colorful mats. It took many weeks of planning, scavenging for the perfect frames, ordering fine art prints in large sizes, and researching where to find colored mats and the correct picture framing hardware in my city. Everything came together, and I’m so glad I decided to go bold with my vision.
In September, I was invited to be a featured artist at the Women Lawyers of Sacramento’s annual ArtFest! Participation included donating an art piece for their live auction, in which proceeds would go towards scholarships for women in law school, and local community grants in Sacramento. As someone who also was able to attend grad school with the help of scholarships (back when I was in the education field), I was glad to participate for such a good cause. My custom framed, archival quality print of Softness and Rage raised $250, as well as 10% of the proceeds from my sales from my table that night.
