Why the move

Some of you may know that I spent 18 months

of my life living in Arizona as a missionary,

Sharing a message that brought me complete

happiness.

I returned home to Ogden, my home town, 

and enrolled back in school and was accepted 

into the BFA program at WSU.

I fell in love with art again and again.

my emphasis is printmaking.

I was able to visit Arizona almost every ten weeks for 

the past 3.5 years. 

Whether it was

 a long distance relationship, 

a wedding of a convert,

visiting people I taught.

flying there & road tripping to 

Rocky Point, Mexico.

a spring break 

a vacation to H&M

or a simple family photo shoot.

I loved loved loved loved

every visit and imagined 

ways and reasons for me to live 

in arizona again.

As I have studied and researched possible programs

to pursue a Masters two schools 

surfaced: ASU and UMFA.

It seems as I prepared to head to the east coast,

I remained open for anything.

I love art, because everything else I love can be rolled

into art. But I also feel that art can be rolled into

everything else I love.

So with graduation coming in April, the doors kind of open.

The phone rang on a monday, the first week in 

January, with an invitation to come to arizona, 

for an experience of a lifetime, and it

just made sense to pursue it.

But i thought about it for a week or so, I weighed out 

some pros and cons...

It just seems to be the right thing for me to do

right now in my life.

I don't know exactly everything... but I know enough to trust the unknown.

The photo above is the backyard to where I will be living for a couple years.