Creative for Hire: An Open Letter To The Universe

May 24, 2014 | Art Direction, Creative People, Creative Process, Creative Projects, Graphic Design, Lookbooks, My Creative Journey, Photography, Storytelling

If you subscribe to The Creative Brief, you know that I’m moving away from self-employment and searching for career opportunities that require more commitment than a one-off project. Basically, I’m looking for a creative home. Here’s the letter in... Read More

My Blog and Work “State of the Union”

Mar 31, 2014 | Creative Process, My Creative Journey

I feel like it’s been a bit since I’ve checked in and shared what I’ve been working on, thinking about, and some of the changes I’m making to this blog. It seems like a good way to start the week. Last week, after experiencing a bummer of a... Read More

Redesigning My Site and My Life

Jan 31, 2014 | Creative Projects, Creative Strategy, My Creative Journey, My Life, Storytelling

I have some things that I can share with you. Finally! At the beginning of the month, I vowed that 2014 was my year to BE the artist. I’ve been diligently working on my creative side project – My Year of Amélie -, working on a big abstract painting for the... Read More

Art I Heart: Lulu de Kwiatkowski

Jan 23, 2014 | Creative People, Creative Projects, Storytelling

I’ve always been a documenter. I got my first diary when I was seven and my first camera by the time I turned ten. When I look through my first diary now, I can already see myself going against the “rules.” I tried using those pre-dated pages in... Read More

Mixed Media Collage: Iconic

Jan 3, 2014 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, My Creative Journey

I create a lot of mixed media collages and sketches at night, often while I’m watching TV. We just finished watching The Returned, and I learned that you can’t really do much artwork if you’re required to read French subtitles. But don’t let... Read More