In 2019 when I was teaching a class at Penland I put together an artist talk based on a quote from the painter Miro: I work like a gardener… Things come slowly… Things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. I must graft. I must water… Ripening goes on in my mind. So I’m always working at a great many things at the same time. This summer I revisited that quote in a poetic graphic memoir that I made in an online class taught by Kelcey Evrick.

The images in this series are collaged, painted paper using acrylic paint, watercolor, and acrylic markers. Kelcey led a wonderful group of creative and supportive women in this class.