In this special edition Art Journal, I share everything I did during my artistic residency at New Masters Village. Being invited to stay as the first resident artist was an honour, and the three months I spent in Colorado turned out to be some of the most transformative of my artistic journey.

This video journal covers all the art I have been making since coming back from my art residency at New Masters Village in October: exploring jewelry design, watercolour food illustration, a botanical watercolour workshop, nature journaling, and surface pattern design.

In February, I finally pursued my interest for botanical art by attending a two days watercolour workshop at Vincent Jeannerot’s atelier. Not only did I learn a lot and get inspired, but I also realised something I needed about my art practice.

I first picked up analog photography in Spring 2024, but it took a year and a half before I finally got my first roll of film developed. In this post I share my experience with analog photography, and what it reminded me about learning any craft.

This year has been an extremely rich one, and pivotal for me on artistic, professional and personal levels. In this post, I reflect on my initial goals for 2025, all the unexpected developments, the art I created, and share my greatest takeaway from 2025.