What a Cauliflower Taught Me

What if everything we see is just the beginning—and every form holds something deeper, something we can feel?

What We See

This is a photo of a cauliflower. It shows the form—how it looks to the eye. We notice shape, texture, and pattern. But this is only the surface.

What We Notice

This sketch is my human interpretation of the actual cauliflower. Sketching helps us slow down and observe. When we draw, we begin to notice energy: movement, connection, and flow.

What We Feel

”Form Bloom.” Oil on canvas. 36” square. Here is my abstract painting of the cauliflower’s energy. It’s not about how it looks, but its aliveness. This painting reveals my sense of the invisible energy within the form, rising and unfolding.

Now You

What do you see when you look at the world? What do you feel? ”Form Bloom” invites you to notice both—and to remember that every form is also a doorway into energy.

Sudden Grace

It’s springtime in Virginia, and I find myself beneath a flowering tree. I am drawn by sudden blossoms. Nothing holds them back from quiet grace and wild bloom. How freely they open.

As I paint this aM all being, I sense again that we are all one raw and flowing energy. And in the moment, I feel free and in love.

aM all Banner 3. Work in progress. Six feet square. Acrylic on canvas.

aM all Banner 2 Complete

Three months journey to create the second of the aM all banners. Dimensionality, movement, and energy seem to form and emanate from this aM all being.

aM all Banner 2. Acrylic on Canvas. Six feet square.

Detail.

Detail.

Detail.

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Evolution Painting Updates

Details from the eight-week painting. Currently, I’m exploring color, space, mark-making, and texture.

Iteration Nine detail. Color and space.

Iteration Nine detail. Mark-making variety.

Iteration Nine detail. Texture!

This eight-week painting may become a forever painting. : ) Watch this space for updates on progress, meanwhile… Have a marvelous now!

This Painting Records My Inner Conflict

This is my painting process: Play > Narrow into an intention > Rebel against the intention. In other words, a painting that fights against itself. What’s valuable about this is that it includes conflict and harmony, beauty and ugliness. It is an exploration into loving our whole selves—even the parts we reject and try to keep hidden. Here’s an example. It is the eighth iteration of the abstract discovery painting.

Iteration 8. Three feet square. Oil on canvas.