Born into a military family, I lived in a dozen different international cultures before I was 20. The more differences I saw, the more I understood we are all one family connected to a fragile planet. I was trying to paint this idea when I was only 10. Water unites all living things, so it’s no accident that I chose water media as my means of personal commentary on global issues such as environmental sustainability and women’s empowerment. We swim together with the flow of the universe. (Of course, there are days when I find myself swimming against that flow and I end...more