heART!

Roots of Inclusion

Why Heart Art?

People often ask me, “Why hearts?”

The truth is, hearts began showing up in my artwork long before I consciously chose them. They emerged during a time when I was searching for connection, healing, and meaning during those early pandemic days when the world felt uncertain and my teaching paused. As I returned to my studio, what poured out of me were hearts layered, glowing, textured forms that seemed to carry both fragility and strength.

From Healing to Hope

Each heart I create is a small act of healing for myself, for my loved ones, and for anyone who sees it. When my young niece needed a heart transplant, I found myself layering hearts upon hearts in my work, almost as a prayer attracting hope, courage, and the miracle that finally came. That experience deepened my relationship with the heart symbol: it became not just an image, but a vessel for love, resilience, and gratitude.

A Symbol of Connection

I’ve always believed that creativity is one of the purest ways we connect with ourselves, with others, and with something larger than us. The heart, to me, represents that bridge between the human and the spiritual. It’s where our emotions live, where our compassion begins, and where we find the courage to keep showing up in life and in art.

My Process

Working with glass feels like collaborating with light itself. Each piece goes through a transformation cut, layered, fired, and reborn. I often add silver or copper foil, crushed glass frit, or wire to give each heart movement and life. The results are never predictable; no two hearts ever turn out the same. That mystery the moment of opening the kiln and seeing how the piece has transformed mirrors the emotional alchemy of the human heart itself.

My Background

I’ve been creating and teaching art for over twenty years. My background in psychology shaped my understanding that creative expression is not just decorative it’s deeply therapeutic. Art has been my own form of therapy, a way to explore, to release, and to reconnect with joy. Through my “Heart, heART, and more heART” series, I hope to share that experience with others to offer visual reminders of love, healing, and hope in all their forms.

From the Heart, Always

In the end, my heart art is about honoring what’s tender and strong in all of us. It’s a love letter to the human spirit, resilient, radiant, and endlessly creative.

From the heart to the head and back again with love for spirit — spiral into yourself and bloom. 🌸