I grew up understanding that beauty isn't a luxury — it's medicine. The home I grew up in had art on every wall, and I noticed early that certain pieces made rooms feel different. Some made you want to linger. Others made you move through quickly. That observation never left me, and it became the foundation of everything I make.
Miami as a Creative Context
Living and creating in Miami means being surrounded by an extraordinary palette: the particular light off Biscayne Bay in late afternoon, the way bougainvillea reads against white stucco, the lushness that never fully gives way to gray. Miami color is saturated and alive, but it's also soft at its edges — think gradient skies and the diffuse quality of humidity in morning light. That's what I'm working with and what works its way into every piece.
What Intentional Living Means to Me
Intentional living isn't about minimalism or having the right aesthetic — it's about making deliberate choices about what you allow into your environment and your attention. Art is one of the most powerful of those choices because it's always present. You can't turn it off. It's in your peripheral vision when you're working, in your sightline when you wake up, a quiet constant in the background of your days.
When I design a piece, I'm thinking about that constant presence. I want the work to be something you can live with — that you feel calm beside, not depleted by. That's the bar: does this piece give or does it take?
The Sanctuary Edit
The Sanctuary Edit is my collection for intentional spaces — rooms designed around rest, restoration, and presence. These are the florals, gradients, and soft botanicals that anchor a space without crowding it. They're printed to archival standards through White House Custom Color, which means the color fidelity and finish quality will last for decades.
Every piece in this collection started with a question I ask myself before I start: what does it feel like to come home to this room? The answer shapes everything — the palette, the composition, the scale of the marks.
Designing Your Own Sanctuary
You don't need a complete renovation to create a sanctuary. Start with one wall — the one you see first when you walk in, or the one directly in your sightline from where you most often sit. Choose art that makes you exhale, not art that impresses guests. That distinction is everything.
Pay attention to how the light hits it at different times of day. Notice what it does to the room's energy in the morning versus the evening. Art in an intentional home isn't static — it participates in the day.
The Sanctuary Edit is available now at VBRUNNETTE.CO, with archival-quality prints made to order in Miami.