ARTIST JOURNAL | Notes from the studio
Inspiration, new work, and stories about life and travel.
The Great Discontent + Elle Luna #The100DayProject
Recently I started participating in #The100DayProject by Elle Luna and The Great Discontent. I learned about Elle from The Great Discontent Issue #1, which I backed on Kickstarter. She's got a great story about how she found her "dream" apartment...
A Creative Experiment in “Doing It All”
A couple of weeks ago I spent an afternoon cleaning my bathroom while I listened to Jess Lively's amazing interview with Hal Elrod. There is so much inspiration here – both practical and spiritual. Listen to it. I swear it makes cleaning the...
Inspiration: Self-Portraits by Sam Taylor-Johnson
At this point, Sam Taylor-Johnson may be most famous for directing the film Fifty Shades of Grey, but I didn't realize that until I was following up on this note that I made about her photography (mentioned by Sofia Coppola in Porter Magazine). I...
Looking for a Mentor? Visit Me at Maker Mentors!
Let's hang out online while we learn more about building and maintaining a creative business! Last month I was invited to join the Maker Mentors conference as a featured mentor for creative business owners. The conference is happening on Thursday...
New Art Print: Rain Cloud
I've got a new art print in my Society6 shop – Rain Cloud. Perfect for April showers to bring May flowers or for any Seattle rain loving home. This print is a reproduction of a mixed media collage using handpainted papers. First, I used gouache...
Inspiration: Norway Passport Graphic Design by Neue
Yesterday on Instagram, which is where I do almost all of my chatting these days, I wrote a note about how I miss sharing inspiration in this space. So I started up again and I'm going to keep on moving with it. Today's inspiration is...
Inspiration: Collage Artist Leigh Wells
This morning I woke up before anyone else, except the cat. I sat in stillness with a mug of steaming coffee in one hand and the entire unread Autumn/Winter 2015 issue of Holiday Magazine spread out before me. Awesomeness ensued. I discovered...
On Letting Go
Lately I've been doing a lot of thinking about saying no to some things in order to be available to say yes to the opportunities that I really want. Artist Lisa Congdon wrote a great blog post on saying no and what this has meant for her and her...
New Art Print: Agave
I am loving The Jealous Curator’s March Creative UNblock Challenge so much that I've created two more collages based on the technique she shared. This one, Agave, is available as a high-quality art print in my Society6 shop. If you like it, be...