Welcome to the Sitting Garden at the Busy Hands Museum

Welcome to the Sitting Garden at the Busy Hands Museum celebrates my love of color, material and process. This love often crosses into obsession wherein a healthy solace becomes incessant escapism, which can be detrimental. There are infinite ways in which obsession can manifest. Organizing, collecting, and creating often bog me down and keep me from engaging with the larger picture. To counteract this, I found ways to keep my body from spiraling into itself. Using full arm movements and graphite, I brought physical awareness into my practice (process). Creating a place to sit is both an invitation to others and a reminder to myself to stop and take a rest from time to time (product). Recognizing that the remnant from a piece may be more surprising than the piece itself brought an energizing sense of magic into my studio (process and product). Working on multiple pieces at once—some that are more time intensive than others—kept me from putting too much focus on one method thereby increasing a healthy balance. I embrace my obsessions. I do not want them to embrace me.