Just outside our apartment complex in the city of Urumqi, China, on a poor little avenue where very little traffic came through, groups of men would play checkers. Smoking, drinking, and gambling, they’d pass their days and go home…
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Stories From My 2017 Solo Show – Playing Checkers in the Street
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There are Winds of Heaven in this Stuff of Earth
In a small village in Yunnan, China, a woman rummages through fabric at an outdoor market. I saw a lot of beauty in the mundane errand she was checking off her to do list. Echoes of Rich Mullins’ lyrics run…
Weight of the Mundane
We visited the southern province of Yunnan, China in 2009 and got to venture out to a remote village nearby. This woman was selling some veggies alongside a handful of other women. I felt so far from these women so…
Eating an Abundance of Mangoes
Every year in Xinjiang, China, the city is overrun with fruit carts overflowing with the sweetest mangoes you will ever put in your mouth. I caught this little girl snacking on one outside her family’s little convenient store in our…
Lost in the Mountains
My husband and I visited the far west border of China in 2006. We came upon the most amazing mountain view with a vast field in front of us, but all I could really see was this young boy on…
Finding Connection in Relationships
This is a memory of a moment in our neighborhood in China. I’m pregnant with my son and met these two Hui ladies who were also pregnant with their first babies. It was Ramadan and a beautiful summer day. I…
It Wasn’t China, It Was Us
This last year has been a roller coaster of a ride for me and my husband, Jason. Last Christmas, we very suddenly came back to the states after 7 years living in China. For a number of reasons, it was a very quick goodbye to all of our friends there and it felt as if we grabbed whatever we could carry, and, with the clothes on our backs, hopped on a plane back to Texas.
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Posted in Artist's Talk, Paintings
Austin Visual Arts Association and Austin Art Space Present…
The 2013 Austin Art Space Juried Fall Show, November 1st-30th. I’ll be showing my piece, “Lonliness on a Crowded Bus in China,” for the first time and I would love for you to come see it in person. There will…
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Posted in Exhibits, Gallery Shows, Paintings
Posted in Exhibits, Gallery Shows, Paintings