The Wanderlust Collection is arriving tomorrow and I can't wait for you to see it! It's so, SO beautiful. I have so much goodness to share with you today about the new collection.
It honestly felt like an out of body experience. Seeing this day come, watching all of my endless hours in the studio planning, painting, and creating finally come to life. It was a dream. The day was filled with paint, brushes, sunlight, and pure magic.
Tiffany beautifully captured me in my process, paintings, paints, sketchbooks and all while I was surrounded by my new collection… which I am dying for you to see.
I'm sure you're also dying to see the new collection, too…
Four years after a life changing trip to California, in the middle of a global pandemic, I decided dust off the photographs I took on that trip and tap into my nostalgia to create a new collection of oil painting landscapes.
I always knew I would create this collection. It was never a question of “if”, but more a question of “when”. The past year has been a very turbulent season in my life. A time where nothing feels certain. I needed an escape.
This story is about to get vulnerable…
You would think that painting such peaceful, tranquil scenes in dreamy colour scapes would mean I was probably off in my own perfect world for the past few months, but that’s anything but the truth.
I remember journaling one morning before heading to the studio. I was writing about how irritated and anxious I felt. I remember feeling a sense of panic after acknowledging this. In that moment, I was so worried that I was being fake by painting a series about peace when I myself was not feeling entirely peaceful while creating it, like it would tarnish the beauty.
I wanted these paintings to be beautiful moments of escape.
That’s when I started writing something else in my journal entirely… a counter-thought to that imposter syndrome I was feeling. Maybe it’s okay if I’m not feeling peaceful 100% of the time.
After all, discomfort and pain is part of the journey of life. We all face struggles and these feelings will come and go. Just like the seasons, like high and low tide.
It’s part of the human experience.
That's when it hit me that this collection wasn't just about escaping in my memories of that trip.
It was about seeking peaceandhope.
Painting this collection was healing for me. It was sometimes painful and hard. Through that pain, I was able to create peace and beauty for myself from these moments in my past. A peaceful adventure that makes me nostalgic for the past, and hopeful for the future.
May these paintings create moments of peace and beauty in the world. In a home. May they remind us to hope for better, and truly believe better is coming.
Hope evermore.
It's been quite the journey.
I can't believe tomorrow is the day you get to finally see The Wanderlust Collection. Thank you for being here to share this exciting and beautiful moment with me.
Get ready for some magic and beauty coming your way soon.
