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

Life in Flux

Dec 22, 2015 | Client Work, Family, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, My Life, Photography, Storytelling, Travel

“…Too many people try to control others and their environments. Adventure is the release of control. The only control we have is over the choices we make for ourselves. The options for living are infinite and every choice we make, even how we choose to... Read More

Art Exercise: #30Daysof3

Oct 14, 2015 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Fine Art, Illustration, Mixed Media Collage, My Creative Journey, Painting

I’ve already written about Elle Luna, her amazing book The Crossroads of Should and Must, and #The100DayProject, her inspiring collaboration with The Great Discontent, so I won’t say too much about it today. Participating in the project... Read More

Last Splash of Summer: Poolside Abstract Painting Series

Sep 18, 2015 | Creative Projects, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting, Storytelling

Way back before the internet and severe warnings of skin cancer existed, my friends and I spent every summer lounging by the pool slathering ourselves with Coppertone and listening to pop songs by The Go-Gos, Wham!, Madonna, and Blondie. I still remember how it felt... Read More

Poolside Inspiration: Water I Want To Jump Into

Jul 27, 2015 | Fine Art, My Creative Journey, Photography, Storytelling

A lot of my work over the past couple of months has the common theme of water. As I’ve been exploring more of my own influences and inspiration, some that started when I was just a kid, I’ve realized what a huge impact that being in or near water has made... Read More

Jump First, Dive Later

Jul 23, 2015 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, My Creative Journey, Painting, Storytelling

While I was working on this painting, I started thinking about the differences between diving and jumping. To dive is intentional. Deliberate. Your arms meet and point to your target. You have a plan. You know where you want to land. Jumping is more... Read More

Stormy Sea | Blue Mind

Jun 29, 2015 | Fine Art, My Creative Journey, My Life, Storytelling

When I was a kid I wouldn’t even put my face in the water. It took an entire summer of swimming lessons and then some. I was afraid of…everything. My grandmother couldn’t swim. She was probably afraid to really try, given that she tended to focus on... Read More

I Don’t Want To Build A Company, I Want To Build A Life

May 11, 2015 | Creative Projects, Creative Strategy, My Creative Journey, Storytelling

It’s been four years since I interviewed Design for Mankind’s Erin Loechner here in this space. At that time this was a blog called Inward Facing Girl. Erin was one of the first design bloggers that I read regularly and looked to for guidance as I learned... Read More

The Great Discontent + Elle Luna #The100DayProject

May 5, 2015 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Illustration, My Creative Journey

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 and... Read More

A Creative Experiment in “Doing It All”

Apr 20, 2015 | Creative Process, Creative Strategy, Fine Art, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey

  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 bathroom... Read More