'Stacking Rocks' Nest // Paintings + Works on Paper

This series began in Maine this summer. Each piece started as a simple work on paper and slowly grew—layer by layer—through cutting, painting, and shaping, until something dimensional began to emerge. It felt like a return to the basics of painting, a slowing down. Time spent noticing color and form again, and finding inspiration in the everyday rhythm of the landscape. Nature, as always, has a way of grounding and guiding the work.

Back in Charleston this fall, I began working on the larger pieces. The color palette shifted, rooted in the calm of Maine but touched by a recent trip to New York. I kept a few small reminders in the studio: a handful of color studies and a single rock whose shape I couldn’t stop thinking about. Stacking Rocks grew from that—born of all the rocks we collected along the Maine coast. The way they layered and balanced on the beach reminded me of the eggs in my Nest series, each form resting in its own quiet, imperfect harmony.




There’s a recurring theme that runs through this collection—calm and chaos, existing all at once. It feels honest to how life moves, and I find so much beauty in that balance. The time spent with family on the coast continues to shape the work in quiet ways. You can feel it in the colors, in the layers, in the spaces between. My hope is that a sense of rhythm and stillness comes through in the pieces themselves.

Thank you so much for supporting this series. A few pieces are still available—shop the collection here!