This week marks twenty years since Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans and the Gulf South forever. If you live here, you know the news has been filled with remembrance pieces, footage, and commentary. For many of us who lived it, reliving those days isn’t easy. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to write this. But […]
Today I want to share one of my fondest memories: the first time I met Sugarland. If you know me, you know I’m a huge Sugarland fan. Let’s rewind to when I was about 23. I recently became friends with a fellow superfan named Christy—we actually met while stalking Sugarland at Jazz Fest. Yep, that’s how it started: two […]
Every artist has that one piece—the one that feels like a turning point, a burst of inspiration that changes everything. For me, that piece is Splendor Beneath the Waves, which represents the vast beauty of a coral reef. This painting, which was featured in my exhibition Off the Hook: A Journey Beneath the Waves at the West Baton Rouge […]