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Plein Air Adventures Frost is in the air, but the memories of a brilliant summer still linger. The season was filled with art festivals,...

Beauty. Magic. Inspiration. Creativity. "Beauty, magic, inspiration and creativity - just what we need to feel alive!" Fellow ArtMa-Popup...

Fighting Inertia - New Work, New Show Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about art, painting especially, and sustainability. How can I...

Artful Ways to Relax April Mantra: Let nature’s colors inspire you. There are tons of personality tests out there, but is there a...

An Earthkeepers Handbook Recipe Monthly Mantra: Progress is more important than perfection. This month's mantra holds a lot of meaning...

A Winter Artist Residency Monthly Mantra: Remember to look up at the stars and the moon. Winter brings, for me, a much needed respite...

Tips for a grounded & artful year January Mantra: Nurture Yourself (Scroll to the bottom for a Mantras Poster download link.) Last year I...

Mantra: Focus on Giving (Joy) It’s been an interesting year, full of evolutions and explorations, challenges and blessings. In the...

Creativity Despite Climate Change Monthly Mantra: I am unstoppable This time of the year is when I normally shift into the Fall Flow:...

Sun, Sand, and Paint In Seattle, you know that Summer is waning as the evenings start getting cooler. Even if it’s a hot day, about 15...

My Spring Artist Residency It’s long been a dream of mine to attend an artist residency. To take time out of my regularly irregular daily...

The Art of Experimentation/Play April Mantra: Breathe and Observe, Deeply During the first week-long "Winter Field Project", I focused on...

The Art of Observation March Mantra: Embrace My Inner Badass After working on Coastal last fall, which was inspired by site-based...

February Mantra: Try Something New This post contains affiliate links via Bookshop.org. When you make book purchases via these links, I...

"Dream, Plan, Do" and other Mantras for 2022 One thing to know about me is that I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. Statistically,...

Skip the supply shortages & #ShopArt with Local Artisans Yes, that’s right, the Earth’s largest art event - Artists Sunday 2021 –...

Happy Fall! The days are cooler, the leaves are raining down, school is back in session (in person!), and it’s the time of year I start...

Artist shares travel tips for a mini "art retreat on the go"

With age, art and life become one.” George Braque When Las Laguna Art Gallery invited artists over 50 to submit work, I was in the...

So in 2019, I set a goal for myself: 2020 would be the year I went full time as an artist. I was making work I was proud of, refining my...