Creating Your Own Path Podcast Interview

Apr 13, 2017 | Client Work, Creative People, Creative Process, Graphic Design, Hand Lettering, Illustration, My Creative Journey, My Life, Painting, Storytelling, Surface Design

You guys…today’s the day. My first Creating Your Own Path podcast episode is live! Jennifer Snyder interviewed me about my long, winding path to becoming an artist, my creative process, and why I’m not hung up on choosing a side in art versus design.... Read More

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

2017 CYOP Artist Residency

Mar 1, 2017 | Client Work, Creative People, Creative Projects, Graphic Design, Illustration, My Creative Journey, Painting, Storytelling, Surface Design

I’m so happy to share that Jennifer Snyder​ awarded me the 2017 CYOP Artist Residency. I’m so excited to work with her this year on her awesome podcast, Creating Your Own Path. I’ll keep you posted on when our work together and my podcast episode... Read More

I Don’t Want To Build A Company, I Want To Build A Life

May 11, 2015 | Creative Projects, Creative Strategy, My Creative Journey, Storytelling

It’s been four years since I interviewed Design for Mankind’s Erin Loechner here in this space. At that time this was a blog called Inward Facing Girl. Erin was one of the first design bloggers that I read regularly and looked to for guidance as I learned... Read More

On Letting Go

Apr 2, 2015 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, Photography, Storytelling, Writing

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about saying no to some things in order to be available to say yes to the opportunities that I really want. Artist Lisa Congdon wrote a great blog post on saying no and what this has meant for her and her business, and... Read More