Being An Artist Is Hard and Scary

Jul 1, 2016 | Creative Process, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, Painting, Storytelling, Surface Design, Writing

Earlier this week I was writing in my gratitude journal – a practice that I’ve fallen behind on lately. While I was writing out my list of things that I’m grateful for, I could feel fear creeping in. I wrote, “I’m grateful for the positive... Read More

Graphic Statement Textile Print Collection

Jun 21, 2016 | Creative Projects, Painting, Surface Design

Last week I shared my mood board for Graphic Statement, the June Pattern Observer Textile Design Lab Challenge. I really love working on these challenges because they’re a great way to build my textile design portfolio and I like the constraints of designing to... Read More

Mood Board: Graphic Statement

Jun 15, 2016 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Storytelling, Surface Design

The theme for the June Pattern Observer Textile Design Lab Challenge is Graphic Statement. I knew that I wanted to experiment with all three trend stories shared the Lab, and had already started working on some related sketches that I wanted to incorporate into print... Read More

Press: Behind the Artist | Interview on Click!

Jun 3, 2016 | Creative People, Creative Process, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting, Storytelling, Surface Design

This week I told you about my upcoming summer art shows in Seattle, and now I want to share a recent artist interview that I did for Click! in West Seattle. Learn more about my creative journey, what I’m inspired by, and see me in my favorite kindergarten... Read More

Ice Princess Textile Print Collection

May 23, 2016 | Art Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Surface Design

It’s been quite a week. This Instagram caption illustrates some of the range of emotions that I experienced after my “second mother” passed away. Before that it had been longer than usual since I had posted anything on my blog because I’ve been... Read More