78 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM eventually returning to hairstyling to reconnect with people and immerse herself in English. When the 2020 lockdown shuttered her business, she rediscovered her art, trying different themes inspired by her own and former clients’ life experiences. “At some point,” she recounts, “I realized, ‘I have to paint flowers again. It’s calling me.’ That’s how I found my way back.” This time, everything flowed in an abstract way. “Sometimes I look at my work and think, ‘Did I do this?’ I can completely let go. It’s so free. It just comes out of me,” she says. With the famOPEN STUDIO May 4 & 5 • 11AM-5PM 285 Old County Road • Studio #3 San Carlos (and by appointment) {home & design} ABOVE: My Dancing Flower Garden 5 (60” x 60”).
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