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WHY I CANCELLED MY SUMMER SHOWS 🙏

I did something kind of scary last week.😱

I cancelled my next three shows in Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas with the Oddities & Curiosities Expo. 🫥

If you’ve been following along this year, you know I’ve been traveling A LOT. I’ve driven thousands and thousands of miles across the country in my van full of art, setting up my little whimsical world in city after city, meeting so many of you in person. 🚐💨

And I love it.🥰😍🥰

But somewhere between Michigan smoke and San Antonio heat last month, I realized I was running myself into the ground.🫠

My health was suffering. I was burnt out. And after spending so much time driving, loading, unloading, setting up, tearing down, packing, unpacking, and recovering from the road…

I wasn’t making art. 🥺

And when I finally did have time to be in the studio, I was so tired and depleted that I had nothing left to give it. 😞

That part scared me. 😭

Because underneath all the shows, the traveling, the emails, the Instagram posts, the packing and shipping and running a small business…

I am an artist. ✨

And I need time and space to actually be one. 🥲

So I made a decision.

I cleared my calendar for the next eight weeks.

Eight weeks in my studio.😱

Eight weeks to get covered in sawdust and paint again. Eight weeks to follow weird ideas. Eight weeks to make things that don’t exist yet.🤩

And holy 💩 I needed this.

Because there is A LOT coming. 🚨

I’m creating an entirely new body of work for Miami Art Week / Art Basel with @fame.worldwide and @afpagallery, the @armadillobazaar in Austin, and my final four @odditiesandcuriositiesexpo of the year in Denver, Seattle, Portland, and Sacramento 🙌🥳🤩😳🥵🤗

And now for the first time in a long time, I don’t have to immediately pack the van and leave again.

I get to stay here.

I get to make!! 😍

And I already feel something waking back up. 🙏 

Thank you all for being here on this journey with me. Thank you Universe for every opportunity to chase my dreams. 

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got 8 weeks and a lot of wood to cut! 🪚🪵✨

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Find the link to the book in my bio. 🧚

This project comes straight from the heart. I’m grateful to everyone who takes 1.5 minutes to listen to me. 

Thank you for your support and love ❤️‍🔥

Thank you Jacob from @afpagallery! 

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