Inspired by Travel: Paris, France

Jul 19, 2024 | Travel

This is not a Paris Vacation Guide. It’s a peek into what I notice and how I see. It’s been three months since we visited Paris. I keep hoping that I’ll come up with some clever organized way to share everything about my trip, but I’m tired of thinking about it and I... Read More

Inspired by Travel: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Mar 1, 2024 | Travel

We visited Puerto Vallarta in February 2024 to escape the Pacific Northwest winter rain for a few days and to do our in-person interview for the Global Entry travel program. We’re hoping for more international travel in our future — France is happening in April! — so... Read More

Art and Life: Through Darkness Comes Depth

Jun 14, 2023 | Family, Fine Art, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting

One of the goals that often comes up in art classes, journaling workshops, or creativity courses is to “return to and create from your childhood — the time when you felt most happy and free.” That’s never been a useful exercise for me. I feel more happy and free now,... Read More

Inspired by Travel: Maui, Hawaii

Apr 12, 2023 | Travel

Getting a glimpse at what goes on outside of the studio is often more revealing than what you see when an artist stands in front of the canvas. Inspiration collected in the forms of experiences, emotions, color palettes, landscapes, patterns, and even scents from a... Read More

Inspired by Travel: Berlin, Germany

Feb 5, 2023 | Travel

I genuinely want to use this space to document inspiration for my art and parts of my life that have been especially interesting or meaningful, but I took this trip to Berlin in 2015 and it’s 2023 now. The tiny boy walking toward the Berlin Wall is going to be a... Read More