ARTIST JOURNAL | Notes from the studio
Inspiration, new work, and stories about life and travel.
Do You Take Technology Breaks?
Earlier this month I shared some thoughts with my newsletter subscribers about taking technology breaks. While I was traveling, I kept thinking about how many people choose to take social media breaks over the summer. Yes, I probably spend too much...
Mood Board Monday: Dormant
THEME: DORMANT Left: Photograph by Bryan M. Ferguson. Image via The Artful Desperado. Right: Bloom in Winter, 2009. Photo by Susannah Benjamin. Image via Flickr. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast art direction collaboration with Nancy...
Creative Process: Nina Donis Via Thisispaper
Thisispaper Magazine is a gorgeous print publication from a Warsaw, Poland based multidisciplinary design studio founded by Alexander Zakharov and Zuzanna Gasior. I've been following their online journal for a while now, so when I found out they...
Mood Board Monday: Beautiful Mess
THEME: BEAUTIFUL MESS Left: Model Lily Cole Photographed by Tim Walker for Vogue UK, July 2005. Image via Frock + Roll. Right: Photo by Rattina. Image via Vogue Italia. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast art direction collaboration...
Inspiration: Still Life by Daniel Gregoric (via Trendland)
I wasn't planning to share a post today, but when I saw Daniel Gregoric's 90 Degrees still life series on Trendland, I couldn't help myself. Daniel collaborated with stylist Irene Drakoulas, model Sam Frew, and makeup artist Natalie McDonald on...
Inspiration: Mac Conner, A New York Life | Advertising
So far I don't have plans to be in New York this year, but you never know. Cool things that we may not know about in advance come up all the time! Just in case, I'm putting this Mac Conner exhibition on my To Do If I'm In NYC list. According to the...
Mood Board Monday: Bite
THEME: BITE Left: Marie Claire France, November 2013. Photographer: Nico, Stylist: Claudia Englmann, Model: Daria Werbowy | Source:Digital Stylist Network Right: Model Dree Hemingway. Photo by Sølve Sundsbø for Numéro #113, May 2010 Mood Board...
Inspiration: JUCO
I discovered JUCO in the June/July 2014 issue of Aesthetica Magazine. I was immediately smitten by photographers Julia Galdo and Cody Cloud and their bold use of color and bright fashion shots. Their personal work featuring painted backgrounds that...
InstaAwesome: Poolside FM
Baby oil, boomboxes, and Betamax. For me, summer in the 80s meant being slathered in Coppertone or Bain de Soleil suntan oil (aka, not sunblock) or, I cringe to say this, Johnson's Baby Oil. I spent most days beside or in a swimming pool,...