Are You An Artist or A Designer?

Mar 30, 2017 | Client Work, Creative Projects, Creative Strategy, Fine Art, Graphic Design, My Creative Journey, Painting, Surface Design

Spoiler alert: I’m both. I thought that when I traveled down my twisty creative path and finally figured out that I really wanted to be an artist, that my days of “are you this or are you that” were done. Nope. Not done. Just different questions. In... 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

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

Wanderlust Pattern Design Collection

May 4, 2016 | Creative Projects, Illustration, Painting, Surface Design, Travel

Well, I’ve been pretty much neglecting everything else on my daily to-do list for the past week-ish to finish up my first pattern design collection that I’m offering for sale or license to textile manufacturers and buyers in the fashion and home... Read More