I call my show Near and Dear because while my work was inspired by homey spaces and landscapes in two countries, my focus was always close to me: personal interiors and gardens. The home has been a motif for me for a long time. It’s always been a part of what I did… even before I went to art school, because though I was always an artist, I was a mother of three before I went for my undergraduate degree… and a mother of four before I got my MFA.