On November 12th, I completed my first solo art show in midtown Manhattan, right in the heart of New York City. The show, entitled "Out of the Blue," featured my blue series, which I began working on in the summer of 2015. All 35 works in the show were painted on saguran, a 100% eco-friendly fabric made of raffia fiber, processed from young sheaths of the Buri palm. "Out of the Blue" was an exploration of life and the world around us through a blue lens. Since blue evokes a