Monday, May 22, 2017 I am loving my spray paint phase! I love the texture and dimension I get from spray paint. Tuesday, May 23, 2017 I peeled some things…
Weekly Recap: May 22-28, 2017
Get Messy Art Journal: Season of Contrast
This past week finished up Season 14 in the Get Messy Art Journal Community*. Get Messy Art Journal is an art journaling program that is a school, art playground, and…
Weekly Recap: May 15-21, 2017
Monday, May 15, 2017 Busy day doing other things!! Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Still in my Season of Contrast journal. Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Spray paint adventures. Thursday, May 18,…
Women I’m Learning From
I’ve been thinking about my influences lately. I started in 2013 with a simple plan to make space for learning and growing as an artist. Along the way I’ve been…
Weekly Recap: May 8-14, 2017
Monday, May 8, 2017 #getmessyhangout on a Monday afternoon! The Best!! Tuesday, May 9, 2017 What I made during the hangout. Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Working on the show. Thursday,…
Another Show Update
As I’ve been thinking through how the pieces for my show will work together I decided that they were too big at 12×18″. Envisioning how to edit and present them…
Weekly Recap: May 1-7, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017 Still trying to figure out how to deconstruct and break things down. Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Homemade cave painting with my fellow Get Messian Divyam. …
Being a Mom while Being an Artist
This is the last in a series of topics that came from my discussions with The Council of Arty Cleverness. This one was Sharyn’s idea. First of all, I just…
Weekly Recap: April 24-30, 2017
Monday, April 24, 2017 Finishing up a memory piece for a friend. Read about it here. Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Working in my season of contrast journal and thinking about…
My Upcoming Show: Conversational Sexism
When I started talking with the gallery manager at Lowe Mill last fall about my show, I originally thought I’d do more canvas works in my Modern Icon series since…
Weekly Recap: April 17-23, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017 Starting a couple of new commissions. Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Green and blue. My favorites! And messy hands! More of my favorites! Wednesday, April 19, 2017…
How Do I Decide My Work is Finished?
Over the next few Thursdays I’ll be talking about topics that came out of a discussion I had with The Council of Arty Cleverness. They suggested some blog topics and…
Weekly Recap: April 10-16, 2017
Monday, April 10, 2017 Working in a faith journal that will end up in Europe somewhere. I love these projects. Tuesday, April 11, 2017 Did some chores. Worked on some…
Emotional Weight
Last week I started the #100dayproject on Instagram to spur me into working on the pieces for my show. (You can see my work at #100DaysOfArtShowPrep.) It was a big…
Weekly Recap: April 3-9, 2017
Monday, April 3, 2017 My first page for Season of Contrast for Get Messy! Check out the Season of Contrast Hashtag on Instagram. Tuesday, April 4, 2017 I am beginning…