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

New Art: There Are No Edges

Apr 26, 2022 | Family, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Life, Painting

You might be surprised to know this about me. As an artist who channels beauty, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about death. Wait…don’t go! Truth be told, for much of my life, this was a source of terror and severe anxiety. I grew up exposed to a... 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

2018 Phrase of the Year: From Within

Dec 29, 2017 | Creative Process, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, My Life

Happy New Year! I’ll get to my 2018 phrase of the year soon. There’s a lot to share, so I’m just going to jump right in! Lately I’ve been thinking more deeply about the spiritual, mindful, “woo woo” things I’ve been studying... Read More

Current Mood: I Need An Introvert Sweater

Dec 13, 2017 | Creative Process, Mindfulness, My Life

All I want for Christmas is an introvert sweater. Stat. Seriously. Please. Last night I literally sat on the couch with my entire body and head covered in a blanket, attempting to recreate my float tank experience on dry land. In the midst of a too sick to go to... Read More

Breaking the Cycle

Jun 23, 2017 | Creative People, Creative Process, Creative Strategy, Illustration, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, Painting, Storytelling, Surface Design

I’m going through a turning point. A few weeks before the upheaval (that ended with a crying/rambling session on my staircase), I started feeling like I’ve been on autopilot – doing things the same way just because that’s what I’ve done... Read More

“Slow and Low, That Is The Tempo”

Jun 20, 2017 | Creative Process, Family, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting

Paul’s Boutique | NYC, Lower East Side by Melanie Biehle, May 2015 I want things to really sink in. To go slower. To have an impact. To assimilate. Or, as the Beastie Boys said, “Let it flow, let yourself go / Slow and low, that is the tempo.”... 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

Inspiration: Protest Art

Jan 20, 2017 | Creative People, Creative Projects, Graphic Design, Mindfulness, Storytelling

Today I am allowing the protest art to speak for itself. PLEASE NOTE: The Princess Leia poster was created by Haley Gilmore at Ladies Who Design. Please visit her site/contact her for more information. The posters of the three women for the We The People campaign are... Read More

My 2016 Word of the Year: Edit

Jan 4, 2016 | Creative Process, Fine Art, Illustration, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, Painting

One of my new year’s rituals it to take everything off of my vision board / inspiration board / mood board (except for one of the Adventure Club illustrations that Kimberly Ellen Hall did for me) and start fresh. The Adventure Club remains because it’s the... Read More