ARTIST JOURNAL | Notes from the studio
Inspiration, new work, and stories about life and travel.
Collector Spotlight: Kim Brotherton
Melanie’s paintings feel to me like they contain other worlds, and also evoke worlds from within. The earthy, deep quality of her Abstract Landscape series particularly spoke to me and after months of returning to her online gallery, I was thrilled...
Simple Pleasures Abstract Landscape Collaboration with Casa di LaValle
Update: Many of the original paintings have sold. Available paintings will have a direct link to purchase when you click on the image. If the original has sold and a print is available, there will be a link to it when you click on the image. I’m so...
Mood Board Monday: Traveling Through Tuscany
This week I’ll be launching my latest painting collection – Simple Pleasures. It’s another collaboration with my friend Cassandra LaValle, an extremely talented interior stylist and curator of the beautiful shop Casa di LaValle. I’ll spill more...
Artist Feature: CanvasRebel Magazine
Jess from CanvasRebel Magazine reached out to me recently to learn more about my background and art practice. Here’s a link to the interview! If you'd like to read more articles and interviews, check out my press page. If you're a publisher and...
Original Art For Interior Designers
I’ve been creating art for interior designers for a few years now. Today I’m excited to announce a new branch of my business that will directly enhance these valuable partnerships.This year I’ve had the chance to chat with a few interior designers...
Welcome To My Instagram Archive
Like many creative people, I have moved away from using my blog over the past several years because it became easier and more collaborative to share what I was working on and doing in my life over on Instagram. One of the things I had been thinking...
The Art of Nurturing…Yourself
I’m starting to realize what I’ve been missing. Through the bouts of distraction, doubt, and low energy it has finally been made clear. I haven’t been nurturing myself. When I painted Through Darkness Comes Depth I didn't realize how much I would...
New Art: Postcards From The Future
Yesterday I launched a brand new painting collection, Postcards From The Future. This series was scheduled to debut at an in-person pop-up art event in Portland this weekend, which unfortunately had to be canceled. Note: Our lovely host, Kami Gray...
Bye, Instagram.
Instagram isn’t for artists. Not anymore, anyway. I’m not going to go into all the details here, but this post that references photographers lays it out well. But I do want to tell you what's been on my mind lately and why I'm officially taking...