After taking that final deep breath in my morning exercise routine
I open my eyes to these peonies.
For me, they are a visual meditation on life,
reminding me that no matter the stage of life,
or the constraints of the frame in which I find myself,
I can choose to dance in the breeze.

Peony Breeze was selected by juror Dr. Kimberli Gant, the McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum, to be in the Newport Art Museum Biennial.