in great haste

09/06/2026

much of my process is weighing things down so they don’t blow away.

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

hello ☀️

08/30/2026

look what came in the mail! I am ever so excited to see Facilitation Practices in Stage Management: Interpersonal Skills and Building Relationships in the Production Process by Nikki Hyde out in the world!

this book is such an important, accessible contribution to the conversation around stage management. Nikki is incredibly generous in sharing her caring approach to stage management, facilitation, and building relationships throughout the production process. I can’t wait to introduce this as a textbook in my future theatre management classes.

I also had the absolute honor of creating the chapter illustrations for the book: botanical monoprints, each made by hand with ink and foraged leaves and flowers from our shared home state of Michigan.

the concept and form of these images went through quite an evolution— beginning as linocut prints, moving into paintings, and eventually arriving at the botanic monoprints we landed on. the process of experimenting, playing, and figuring out what these images wanted to be was such a joy.

because monoprints produce only a single impression, every image is unique— a visual echo of theatre’s inherent impermanence. just as no two performances are identical, these prints capture the brief, singular moment of a living being’s contact with paper. the plants’ resilience and responsiveness to their surroundings felt like a particularly fitting parallel to the adaptive artistry of stage management.

congratulations, Nikki Hyde ❤️ I’m so happy to have been a small part of bringing this beautiful book into the world. 🌱

08/21/2026

trying.

2025. made with epoxy resin, bark, flowers, pills, onion skin, ink, branches, syringes, bell pepper parts, eggshells, and more.

on display at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts West Michigan Area Show through September 27.

08/17/2026

a little more play.

no plan for this one— just flowers, color, shapes, and marks, and seeing what happened when I followed them… little experiments like this help me think about bigger future projects.

08/16/2026

a painting from a little research project— flowers, color, and a place inspired by my travels.

one of four paintings I did last month while exploring the idea. more to come.

08/13/2026

and that’s a wrap!!!

08/13/2026

and then there was this one.

when I suggested making two paintings as part of this project, I wanted to give myself the freedom to take the work in two different directions. this one became much more organic— lots of movement, overlapping shapes, texture, and forms that kept changing as I worked.

I didn’t have a finished image in mind when I started. I had ideas, colors, research, and a general feeling for the space, and then spent the week responding to what was happening on the canvas.

the two paintings started together, but became very different things.

getting to make work for people I love is such a pleasure and an honor.

08/12/2026

after my aunt and uncle redid their kitchen a couple years ago, we started talking about a custom painting for the new space.

two years later, I finally got to do it.

when they invited me to paint something for their dining room, I suggested making two paintings at once— taking two different directions based on the research, the space, and the feeling of the room. it gave me more room to play and experiment, and meant I could let the paintings develop rather than deciding too quickly where they needed to go.

this one will likely stay in the dining room, where its lines, colors, and layers feel especially at home.

getting to make something for people I love, for a space they’ve made their own, is such a special part of being an artist. I’m very grateful they gave me the opportunity, trust, and space to play.