Spoiler alert: I’m both. I thought that when I traveled down my twisty creative path and finally figured out that I really wanted to be an artist, that my days of “are you this or are you that” were done. Nope. Not done. Just different questions. In...
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I’m so happy to share that Jennifer Snyder awarded me the 2017 CYOP Artist Residency. I’m so excited to work with her this year on her awesome podcast, Creating Your Own Path. I’ll keep you posted on when our work together and my podcast episode...
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“…Too many people try to control others and their environments. Adventure is the release of control. The only control we have is over the choices we make for ourselves. The options for living are infinite and every choice we make, even how we choose to...
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LUXE Interiors + Design Magazine hired me to photograph Michael Lindsey of Laguna Pottery, the Style Maker in the Pacific Northwest Winter 2015 issue. I loved meeting and chatting with Michael and visiting his bright and airy Pioneer Square shop while I arranged...
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I’ve got a new mood board up on Coco+Kelley today: Cozy Creamsicle. It’s inspired by the artwork of New York artist Cordy Ryman. I saw his work at the Seattle Art Fair this summer and absolutely fell in love with it. When I selected the images for this...
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Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine hired me to photograph the Bright Ideas story on Seattle designer Erich Ginder for the Pacific Northwest Summer 2015 issue. If you’re local, you can pick it up anywhere that sells cool design magazines. It will look much better...
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We talked about what art directors do. Now it’s time for me to take you through a project that I art directed and shot for Seattle-based luxury leather handbags and accessories company, BEVÉE. The goal was to shoot a set of images that represented BEVÉE’s...
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“What do you do?” “I’m an art director.” Silence. “Okay…but…what do you do?” Sound familiar? In the introductory “fable” of Art Direction Explained, At Last! by Steven Heller and Veronique Vienne, Brian...
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A couple of weeks ago I covered the opening of the MiiR Flagship store for Seattle Refined. I loved learning about MiiR and all of the amazing things that they do. And it doesn’t hurt that the product design and store interiors are freaking awesome. Meeting...
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I recently visited Elm Coffee Roasters for the first time and photographed it for Seattle Refined. Read the article and check out more images of this beautiful Pioneer Square coffee shop! If you’d like more articles about creativity and extra visual inspiration sign...
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