Florascope Studios grew from a simple morning ritual I call my Rabbit Walks—wandering through the garden, watering plants, checking on familiar visitors, and stopping to photograph whatever catches my attention.

These walks began simply as part of caring for my garden, but over time they have become a place where I find myself thinking about grief, joy, regret, and healing.

While in my garden, I make space to feel these moments. One day, it’s new growth on my roses that bring either heartache or joy. Another, it’s finding a tiny resident that brings wonder and the excitement of discovery.  Memories of moments both joyful and filled with deep sadness take root in my garden. This practice allows me to engage with these feelings while also creating a space where I can set these feelings aside to engage later. I have really come to appreciate that these feelings do not have to replace one another. Grief and joy can occupy the same space.

My Florascope work extends from these daily encounters. I photograph the colors, creatures, textures, patterns, and small moments I find, then transform them through cropping, reflection, repetition, and symmetry. I work without a specific destination in mind, just allowing the image to guide me in the process. The original remains, but its familiar form is changed into something new: a landscape, a textile, or an unexpected image I may not discover until the process is complete.

I think healing can happen in much the same way. We do not necessarily leave what we have lost behind. We carry it with us, and over time it becomes part of something new. For me, Florascope is an expression of that process: looking closely at what remains, finding beauty within change, and allowing grief and joy to exist alongside one another.

At its heart, this work is an invitation to keep looking—to notice what is still growing, what has changed, and the small moments of beauty that continue to appear around us.