Your Body of Work

Hey there,

Last November, I visited the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe.

Georgia is the crown jewel of New Mexico. An icon of Southwest art. A name I’ve known since elementary school, when I painted flowers up close in her style during art class.

So when I finally stepped into her museum, I expected to be dazzled.

But the first room stopped me in my tracks.
No flowers. No desert landscapes. Just abstract canvases that felt…ordinary?

My inner critic flared up:
Maybe I’m not a true lover of art. I’m missing something.
Or worse—I’m just jealous.

I found myself evaluating instead of experiencing.
Why is she so famous? What makes these paintings special?

So I slowed down. I read the placards.

Georgia graduated from high school in 1905. Studied art in Chicago and New York. Left home to teach in West Texas as a single woman. These facts jolt me to attention. She was a trailblazer in life.

She shared her drawings through the mail with a friend in New York—a small but bold act of connection and belief in her creations. Maybe similar to sharing artwork or ideas online today.

That friend showed them to Alfred Stieglitz, an art dealer who not only fell in love with her work, but also fell in love with her. He displayed her art in galleries and Georgia became known.

And she kept creating.

By the 1920s, he was already considered one of America’s most influential artists. At the time, she was getting attention for her painting of New York skyscrapers (something I never knew she was associated with!).

She hadn’t even visited New Mexico until 1929, and didn’t move there until 1949 after her husband’s death.

When I finally reached the rooms of the museum with her desert landscapes, I felt it.
The repetition. The intimacy. The way she painted the same vistas again and again.
The desert alive in all its seasons.

The desert landscapes she is known for painting now are a subject she came to after investing 40+ years into her art career.

By the time I left, I was entranced. I went back into that first room again before I left. I felt like I might cry. All of these pieces were her practice, how she found her voice. She started and kept going, and the result was her body of work - a sum far greater than its parts.

It wasn’t until months later, while talking with a friend about her creative pull, that the lesson crystallized for me.

Georgia’s power didn’t come from one painting. Or one style. Or one era. Or even the mastery of a technique.

It came from her persistence. Her evolution. Her devotion to what captured her attention.

That’s why (I believe) her art endures.

And that’s why nurturing our own creativity matters too. Not for a single accomplishment or deliverable but for the body of work we build overtime by showing up again and again. By being willing to share our work with others.

The voice we develop when we put our ideas into action.

The perspective we gain through life’s transitions - the roles we take on and grow out of.

This realization has shaped the new coaching offer I’m opening up: Body of Work.

It’s a 3-month 1:1 experience designed for creatives who feel disjointed, “all over the place,” or inconsistent—yet long for a sense of wholeness and articulation in their creative lives.

In our time together, we’ll:

• Listen deeply to your heart, your body, your story

• Reflect back the patterns and threads that are already present

• Connect the throughline between your creative expressions and life experiences

• Reframe “inconsistency” as part of your evolution, not a flaw

This is the evolution of my coaching work—bridging career coaching, creativity coaching, and somatic awareness into one intimate container.

It’s not about formulas or forcing you into a single path.

It’s about being witnessed, visible, and supported as you discover what your body of work really is.

I’m opening just 3 spots for this first round (closing October 14, or when the spots are taken). For creatives who want to step into 2026 feeling integrated and whole.

👉 If this is tugging at you, hit reply or book a time to chat and let’s talk.

Your body of work is already in motion.
Now’s the time to honor it.

Thank you for reading! If you know someone who this could speak to, please pass it along.

Warmly,
Jennifer

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