One of 70 pieces created for a site-specific installation along the Woodland Trail of the Wildflower Center. On view from October 2022 through April 2023

"If we just act with awareness … we find that art is a wonderful way to share our peacefulness," –Peace is Every Step.
I read this book by Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh whenever life feels too hard. He reminds me that I don’t get to choose if my path will be smooth or rocky. But from moment to moment, we all choose whether to sow seeds of anger and frustration or kindness and peace as we walk. I created “The Seeds We Plant” for the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to share my joy and peace.

In the two months since installing this work along the Woodland Trail, I've watched people of every age slowing down to look with intention and curiosity. They are experiencing the joy of discovery as they point out each uniquely shaped artwork—seventy in all. The colorful abstractions hang from trees and rise from grass and stony creek beds. They playfully engage with the wild nature, colors shifting with the changes in light throughout the day and seasons.

Freestanding sculptural painting, on base of welded rebar grid that is welded to rebar that runs through the piece. Additional external support of bent steel rods. All of these are secured to ground with earth anchors. The colors of one side are inspired by the nuanced blue to violet of Whitemouth Dayflowers and Bluebonnets, while the opposite view calls to mind the Trumpet Creeper and Carolina Jessamine that twist and bloom near the Wildflower Center entrance. The bending figure and swerving metal tendrils embody the movement of the trees and grasses as well as fungal growth on several dying trees at this opening along the trail.