Blue can be both calming and electric, sometimes, all at once. That’s the magic I chase every time I reach for my lineup of blue pastels—especially when I’m painting something as quietly resilient as a plumbago blossom. With “Whispers of Blue,” I layered an assortment of pastel sticks, coaxing out the softest sky blues and the deepest indigos. Each layer became a conversation with the paper, a little negotiation between my vision and what the painting wanted to become. The more I layered, the more the light shimmered from within. This is an example of a painting that left me in its wake wiping blue dust off my hands as it assumed a life of its own, bigger than I'd originally imagined for it.
The mess, the magic, the way a handful of colored dust can become a living memory of a summer morning amazes me, and I'm an artist. I hope this painting brings a little of that wonder into your world—blue dust and all.

Have you ever noticed how a single color can change the whole mood of a room—or a day?