ARTIST JOURNAL | Notes from the studio
Inspiration, new work, and stories about life and travel.
Art and Life: Through Darkness Comes Depth
One of the goals that often comes up in art classes, journaling workshops, or creativity courses is to “return to and create from your childhood — the time when you felt most happy and free.” That’s never been a useful exercise for me. I feel more...
Morning Reading — Radical Wholeness by Philip Shepherd
A Quiet MorningI usually start every morning by reading part of a nonfiction book while I have coffee. Sometimes it’s a book that I’ve already read and am in the process of revisiting for fresh insight. Maybe it’s an art book and I'm studying color...
In My Sketchbook: Sketchbook Pages April-May 2023
A sketchbook page that I did from photos I took in Scotts Valley and the central coast in California.I’ve recently re-started my sketchbook practice. I used to spend a ton of time working in sketchbooks and that practice became a springboard for...
New Art, A Trip To Los Angeles, And How My Brain Was Tricking Me
Earlier this year I had an epiphany, or an “aha moment” as our friend Oprah might say. I realized that I had been holding myself back from things that I want. Like, without even KNOWING it. I’d become so used to my daily routines that I trapped...
Press: Business of Home | Original Art Trade Program for Interior Designers
Last week the interior design trade publication Business of Home shared my interior designer trade program with their readers. I loved corresponding with Caroline Biggs and I appreciate her enthusiasm for my art and the program! Caroline covered...
Inspired by Travel: Maui, Hawaii
Getting a glimpse at what goes on outside of the studio is often more revealing than what you see when an artist stands in front of the canvas. Inspiration collected in the forms of experiences, emotions, color palettes, landscapes, patterns, and...
Art Exhibition: Art Spirit Gallery in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
At the end of 2021, I received an invitation from a curator at The Art Spirit Gallery in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She was planning a regional group art exhibition inspired by the book Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel. I love the book and am greatly...
New Art: Exuberance
Exuberance isn’t exactly “new art” anymore. I started this painting in October 2022 and finished it at the end of November, but I haven't been as great at sharing my work here as I have on Instagram and I'm working on that habit. If you'd like to...
Inspired by Travel: Berlin, Germany
I genuinely want to use this space to document inspiration for my art and parts of my life that have been especially interesting or meaningful, but I took this trip to Berlin in 2015 and it’s 2023 now. The tiny boy walking toward the Berlin Wall is...