Tré’s “Heart Exposed” Hill Rag Cover

Heart Exposed is from my Floating World series Ukiyo-e ( 浮世絵 ). I’m so excited to announce it’s on the cover of Hill Rag this month! It was released in the February issue yesterday (01/02/13). Here is my modern ekphrastic haiku:

Heart Exposed

dainty footprints
whispering…
love floats gently

A limited Edition Print of Heart exposed is available and on display at Touchstone Gallery through the month of February. It was snowing heavily in DC yesterday evening. One of Touchstone’s lovely interns, my friend Nicole, ran to Results Gym to snag copies for me (you’re wonderful Nicole!). I was bundled up like a marshmallow when I got to the Gallery, and then she handed me the Hill Rag stack. My heart instantly warmed with joy. February is the perfect month to show Heart Exposed because this time of year we often think about what matters most to us. Though we’re on the cusp of warmer months, love that fills our hearts will keep us warm through all seasons.

While creating the Floating World series, I envisioned a world blanketed in snow. Bare footprints lead to a love so hopeful and expansive, it outlasts and beats back the cold—the feeling grows a heart so peaceful, it fills, then lifts into the sky. Heart Exposed was the first photograph of the series, and though I leave interpretations of it up to the viewer, I do hope that it leaves you feeling hopeful and inspired. May love fill us—each and every day—making our hearts float.