Mood Board Monday: Mix

Dec 8, 2014 | Art Direction, Fine Art, Photography, Storytelling

THEME: MIX Left: Southern Girl abstract painting by Anna Medik. Right: Home Works featuring Caroline Trentini. Photo by Miles Aldridge for Vogue Italia, March 2008. Image via Iconolo.gy. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast adventure in art direction... Read More

Rose Quartz in Four Panels + More New Work

Nov 21, 2014 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Fine Art, My Creative Journey

My final project in my abstract painting class was to produce a four panel color portrait based on an object from nature. I chose a piece of rose quartz (pictured below), because 1) I knew it wouldn’t change colors over the three weeks we were going to spend... Read More

Mood Board Monday: Braid

Oct 20, 2014 | Art Direction, Creative Projects, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Storytelling

THEME: BRAID Left: Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra (1963). 20th Century Fox. Image via Popsugar. Right: Kites, 2008. Painting by Maya Hayuk. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast adventure in art direction with Nancy Herrmann. Every week we trade off on choosing... Read More

Creative Process: Vision Journaling

Oct 15, 2014 | Creative Process, Fine Art, My Creative Journey

Last year I wrote about Louisiana fine artist Rebecca Rebouché. I was inspired by her work, and just as inspired by her creative process. In an interview with Anthology Magazine, Rebecca described her process of daily journaling. It’s like a vision board in... Read More

Sketchbook: Oil Pastels on Toned Gray Sketchbook Paper

Oct 9, 2014 | Fine Art, My Creative Journey

A wise, creative woman that I had dinner with last week told me that I needed to share more of my work here. Here’s a page from my sketchbook. I decided to try out an abstract oil pastel color study drawing on a Strathmore Softcover Art Journal in Toned... Read More