It was never a complicated story—just two reasons that happen to feel like me.
01
I was born in August.
The simplest reason is the first one: August is my birth month. The name keeps a little piece of that beginning with me.
02
I love the work of Renoir.
The second comes from Pierre-Auguste Renoir. I have always loved the warmth and softness in his paintings. And the painting I return to most is Springtime by Pierre-Auguste Cot—a different Auguste, and a work I find unforgettable.
Springtime (Le Printemps)
Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1873
Public domain
One reason is where I began. The other is something beautiful I found along the way.
