BEHIND THE BOOKMARKS

How’d we get here

After my sister passed, I knew one thing I wanted to share her light with the world.. 
The light in her smile or contagious laugh.. 
For those who didn’t have the ultimate pleasure of knowing Caitlin, she loved BOOKS. 
She often dreamed of running away to Seattle, working in a little coffee shop, & reading the days away.. 
I can imagine her there now.. 
6 months ago, I had a reoccurring thought: “I want to create art you can carry with you” 
Something you can pull out of your pocket and gaze at when there’s nothing beautiful around you.. 
Something that gives you a little Hope.. 
Something that lights your soul on fire.. 
And then it hits me like a ton of BOOKS! 
Bookmarks are something you can carry with you & it’s the best way I could honor my sister. 
I know that in my soul if she were here she’d take every single bookmark I make, and she would be impatient as I painted more.. 
She’d probably need one for every book.. 
Even if I never made a dime, I’d paint her bookmarks until the day I die.. 
Why bookmarks? I’m keeping her light alive. 
A light that lives in all of us. That connects us. 
✨🤍 B