“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” – Claude Monet

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Claude Monet spent the last 30 years of his life captivated by the ever-changing beauty of his garden. I’ve always been inspired by that—how the rhythms of nature can offer endless wonder when we slow down and truly observe. After many years in New York City, I finally had the chance to follow in his footsteps and plant a wildflower meadow right outside my back door.

This meadow has become both a sanctuary and a studio. I spent the summer watching it come alive—blooms emerging, bees dancing, butterflies drifting, and later, the quiet grace of decay. I used a 19th-century photographic process called Cyanotype—one that would’ve been contemporary to Monet’s time—to capture these fleeting moments. Watercolor paint, sunlight, and the delicate impressions of flowers all came together in layered, organic compositions. The sun would develop each piece, and like alchemy, water would wash away the cyan blue where it had been shielded—revealing wildflower forms glowing beneath in watercolor hues.

These works are part documentation, part dreamscape. They reflect both the chaos and calm of nature and the surprises that come with creative experimentation. I hope they do more than just please the eye—I hope they inspire a connection. A longing to nurture a patch of wildness, however small. To plant a few native seeds. To watch the bees return.

Because even a little meadow can change everything.