Esprit: Where My Inspiration and Design Obsession Began

Jun 14, 2017 | Creative People, Creative Process, My Creative Journey, Storytelling

The very first time I remember being inspired by color, pattern, and graphic design was when I met Esprit. I remember the early-mid 80s color palettes like it was yesterday – watermelon + lemon, turquoise + purple, red + orange. I remember wearing bold striped... Read More

Bright Geo + An Awesome Interview

May 1, 2017 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Graphic Design, My Creative Journey, Painting, Storytelling, Surface Design

You guys! I was so excited to see that Redbubble used my Mood Swing a-line dress in one of their banner ads last week! It was so cool to see my dress at the top of the home page for a few days and I love the ad they created. There are so many talented and creative... Read More

Art + Object: Three Paintings on Pink, No. 3 + Nora Lozza Fanned Drops

Apr 23, 2017 | Art Direction, Creative People, Fine Art, Painting

I’ve spent some time exploring my blog archives this weekend as part of an interview that I’ll be sharing here soon. I stumbled across this handful of posts I did in 2014 and 2015 called Art + Object, and I’m ready to bring this series back! In fact,... 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