Slow Burn

Measuring 54" x 48" x 2", Slow Burn is a raw canvas centerpiece that lends a visual voice to the process of becoming your true self - dynamic, invigorating, and inspired.  ​​I am a slow burn. ​​Not in love — I fell for my girlfriend the instant she grazed the back of my arm on our second date. I am a slow burn in the work of me becoming me. ​​I did not come out to my family and colleagues until my mid-thirties. I was not diagnosed with ADHD until my late thirties. I still have three baby teeth. I have known since I could form sentences that what I want to do in life is to travel and make art, but I would not allow myself to even invest in a painting class until February of this year. ​​It is hard to become who you are. It is hard to wake up one day and decide to do something different than what you have done every day before. It is hard to commit to one thing at the loss of something else. It is hard to let go of who you have been. It is hard to start over somewhere new. Even when that