“Greetings from Kenosha” is not just about creating vintage postcards. It is a love letter to the place I call home.

Six months ago, we moved downtown after years of living in central Kenosha. Walking these streets every day became an act of discovery. As a creator, I don't confine myself to any single medium. Whether through writing, photography, painting, sculpture, or collage, I work from the inside out to express what is deeply felt. But walking, wandering, and wondering through this new neighborhood did something unexpected: it helped me get to know myself, my community, and my neighbors on a whole new level.

By nature, I am very introverted. Yet this project gave me a reason and a quiet courage to walk right into a local shop, historic business, or landmark, introduce myself, ask questions, and listen. The vintage postcards, sparked by a lifelong fascination with 1930s WPA posters and Kenosha's own downtown mural traditions, became the creative gateway to those conversations.

Each piece begins with deliberate mobile photography, capturing the weathered brick, lakefront light, and architectural soul of our city. But the visual is only the invitation. I gather the memories of the people I meet, dig deep into local archives, and let the photos, research, and human voices marinate, shake, and stir until a narrative emerges.

I chronicle these human stories through two Field Journal dispatches every week, charting what will become close to one hundred stops across downtown Kenosha on an interactive living map. To give back to the community that inspires me, a significant portion of all artwork sales is pledged directly to the Kenosha History Center, Kenosha Public Museums, and the Kenosha Streetcar Society.

This work is demanding, deeply personal, and profoundly fulfilling: a tribute to Kenosha, to storytelling rooted in place, and to the human connections waiting on every corner if we simply look closer.