My Artist Journal Is Now On Substack

Jan 27, 2024 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting, Sketchbook, Writing

Image from Issue No. 6 | Notes From The Studio: A New Start and Showing Up For Myself in 2024 Every month or so I’m going to post a reminder that my “artist journal” these days is basically the same thing as my Substack newsletter. You can read more about why I made... Read More

Behind the Scenes: Daily Journaling

Dec 15, 2022 | Creative People, Creative Process, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, Writing

I honestly don’t know why it feels so hard to just “show up”. Maybe my brain is winning this round. You know how your brain can sometimes “reason” its way around everything until there’s nothing left? Or, more likely in my case, it makes the thing into a much bigger... Read More

A Woman Artist Turns 50 | Metamorphosis: Half-Century

Oct 10, 2019 | Creative People, Creative Process, Creative Projects, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting, Writing

I turn 50 on December 1st.   To commemorate this “milestone”, much of the second half of 2019 has/will be spent creating a new body of work.  Metamorphosis: Half-Century will officially debut in January 2020 at CURA in Seattle. To celebrate, there... Read More

Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner

Jan 24, 2017 | Creative People, Mindfulness, Storytelling, Writing

“Are we being inspired when we are meant to inspire?” – Erin Loechner, Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path This quote was one of the many things that I loved about this book. I’ve “online known” Erin for a while now, and... Read More

Artists Who Write: Art Letters, The Art of Sharing Stories

Aug 25, 2016 | Creative People, Creative Process, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting, Sketchbook, Storytelling, Surface Design, Writing

On Sunday I sent out my first weekly art letter titled Field Notes: Spent more than 30 minutes making an emoji version of myself. True story. See, I used to write a lot on this blog. I even blogged five days a week for a couple of years. Then I focused on art and... Read More

Being An Artist Is Hard and Scary

Jul 1, 2016 | Creative Process, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, Painting, Storytelling, Surface Design, Writing

Earlier this week I was writing in my gratitude journal – a practice that I’ve fallen behind on lately. While I was writing out my list of things that I’m grateful for, I could feel fear creeping in. I wrote, “I’m grateful for the positive... Read More

Paris and Beirut and Everywhere

Nov 15, 2015 | Storytelling, Writing

An Essay About Grief in the Age of Social Media One of the first grieving for Paris tweets that I saw was from Harper’s Bazaar. My first thought was sarcastic…something like, “Thank you, American fashion magazine. Your tweet will totally bring peace.” But later,... Read More

Pretty in Pink | Abstract Paintings by Melanie Biehle

Sep 24, 2015 | Creative Projects, Fine Art, Painting, Storytelling, Writing

Obviously, I like to create pink abstract paintings. I also like the movie Pretty in Pink, and I’m exploring the 1980s (again) in the novel I’m writing. That’s right…I am working on this novel again. This week was the first time I opened the... Read More

The 52 Lists Project by Moorea Seal

Sep 14, 2015 | Creative People, Creative Process, Creative Projects, Mindfulness, My Life, Writing

The first time I met Moorea Seal we had breakfast at The Fat Hen in Seattle and I collaborated with her on her 52 Lists Project. At the time, it was a series of posts that Moorea was hosting on her blog, encouraging women and creatives everywhere to use them as a tool... Read More

Wearing My Writer Hat and Wielding a Paintbrush

Jun 19, 2015 | Fine Art, Illustration, Writing

I swear, you guys…I’ve been working. I totally painted this and these for #The100DayProject. It might not look like it if you’ve been reading this blog, but my writer hat is on and my fingers have been getting a workout. Here’s proof. The... Read More