We got to speak with New York-based artist, Alyssa Stevens, regarding her process as she creates art, her vibrant use of color and the meaning behind her collection, Dream Stations.

If you could write a message to the future version of yourself, what would you say? Would you confess your regrets? Declare your victories? Would you explain the challenges and tribulations that lay ahead and how you navigated them with practiced fluidity, like a singular flower petal tossed in the wind?

An artist’s surroundings often shape their work. At the same time, the art they create has the power to reshape the way they experience those surroundings. It may not change where they live or what they do, but it can transform how they interact with the environment around them. It turns the daily interplay with life into something newly observed and understood.