life in europe // france


photo gallery // two trips to paris during my time living abroad

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life in europe // budapest

couchsurfing for the weekend with friends in Budapest, Hungary // I love it here // thanks to our amazing host for showing us the beauty of this city!
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life in europe // northern italy


photo gallery // northern traveling Italy with mom

cinque terra, florence, siena and tuscany
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life in europe // southern italy

photo gallery // traveling southern Italy with mom

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life in europe // northern portugal

For one life changing month I lived on a quinta on the northern edge of Portugal, in a 500 year old farmhouse overlooking the town and the nearby national park with the border of Spain in the distance

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life in europe // traveling portugal

I flew from Italy into Lisboa, Portugal and journeyed north along the coast from Lisbon to Sintras, Peniche, and Oporto

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life in europe // barcelona

city life in barcelona

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life in europe // catalunya

Living in Europe from 2011-2012 gave me a chance to see the art I studied in college in person, to learn about new cultures and walk ancient streets, to be humbled by foreign languages and to understand both the inherent cultural loss and privilege that being born in the USA has given me. Catalunya is an amazing country that is often called a part of Spain, yet is an entirely different country with their own unique language and culture that is very close to my heart. This country was my jumping off point during the year I lived abroad and I fell in love with this tiny village and especially hiking around the holy mountain of Montserrat. Visca Catalunya!
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artist residency at Jiwar

this winter I had an amazing time as artist-in-residence at Jiwar Creation & Society in my favorite neighborhood of Barcelona

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mixed media collage

mushroom collage postcard

collages made in my travels with old books, field guides, newspapers, magazines, dried plants and flowers, embroidery

 

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