Early access to my original art release starts now! Collect your favorite piece before the shop opens to everyone on June 10 at Noon (EST). This month's release includes 16 pieces and features everything from large statement pieces on canvas through unframed works on paper. COLLECT YOURS Enter
My online shop will be open from June 3-16, 2025. Here are all the details you need to know! * My online shop will be open from June 3 - June 16. There are 16 pieces of original art available, ranging from unframed work on paper to large statement pieces. * Early
I'm excited to share a full preview of new original artwork that will be available in my online shop beginning with early access on June 3. Creating these pieces has brought beauty into my days amidst a lot of ugliness in the world and I hope they bring
When I created my current subscription model, I knew I wanted to share more personal essays and behind-the-scenes content with my paid subscribers. I am starting a monthly recap which will give you a more well-rounded look into all aspects of my life as an artist, writer and mom. I’
In 2023, I took a short solo trip to Chicago for a friend’s wedding. I was sitting on a bench outside of the botanical garden — the sun was shining and warm, a light breeze stirred the flowers, and the sound of drums beat in the distance. I felt home.
One of the reasons I’ve never been able to follow the advice that artists should choose a “niche” is because I have too many ideas. The good thing about that is I’m never bored — I’m always working on several projects at once. The bad thing is that
At the end of January, I was in a bit of a creative writing slump. I'd been creating something in my sketchbook daily, so instead of painting, I challenged myself to write a poem. I ended up writing A Creative's Guide for Persevering, in a bit
I’m trying to balance my own emotions with the broader state of the world. Everything feels uncertain and hard and I'm trying to sit with that while trying (and sometimes failing) to set boundaries for how and when I absorb the news, social media, information online in
My No Buy Year (Artist's Version) Audio0:00/368.89466666666671× When I realized “The Way I’m Working Isn’t Working”, I spent a lot of time brainstorming what I wanted to do differently. I thought about it on a personal level, and also a community and economic
“I’m looking for an epiphany”. Those were the words I chose last year when I introduced myself to a van full of total strangers on the drive from Troyes to Orquevaux, France, where I was attending my first artist residency. I’d briefly met a few of the other
There’s saying in art, that you have to “kill your darlings”. The term is understood to have originated within the context of writing, but I first heard someone say it during a painting course I took several years ago. The idea was that sometimes you fall in love with
Announcing important changes to my art business Over the past several years, since my uncle’s brain injury and becoming a parent, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be alive - for me as an individual, and for us as human beings on
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Everyone says they love all of their children equally. I only have one child, but my mom friends who have multiple tell me that there is actually a favorite, and it usually changes daily. That’s a little bit how I feel about my newest original paintings - the Looking
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Searching for the truth is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribed As an empath, I feel everything very deeply. It has become increasingly difficult to be on social media and watch the news, and increasingly difficult to
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THE INSPIRATION Lately I have felt in a state of in between… where I was and where I'm going, who I was and who I'm becoming. It's had me feeling a little bit claustrophobic, and work I'd made earlier in the year
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I became a mom in February 2019, took 4 months of parenting leave, and went back to work (at my then-corporate HR job, in a role I had started 6 weeks before giving birth) in July. For the next 8 months, I worked from home 3 days per week, and
behind the scenes
I’ve been back from my art residency at Chateau d’Orquevaux, in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, for almost two weeks - which is as long as I was there. It’s taken me that long to figure out what I want to say in this recap, because in
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The past three months have flown by in some kind of time warp. It feels like I’ve been hibernating, with short bursts of energy pushing me outside for fresh air, art class and activities for my son, but most of my time spent at home and looking inward. Suddenly
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(If you’re new here, jump to the bottom of the post to read more about this monthly recap) 1. This month, I started a 10-week Art and Learning Collaborative facilitated by artist Heather Bird Harris (“Bird”), whose work explores the throughlines between land history and ecological crises. Four of
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At the beginning of February, I wrote a list of things I’d like to build into my schedule over the course of the month. They were things I’d like to be spending more time on to really be taking advantage of this season of my life (since being
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1. A late night drive home from book club. Two deer standing in the woods, just off the side of the road. 2. The sun warming my back. A high pitched trill of birds chirping in a nearby tree. Drawing a cup of broccoli cheddar soup into my hands for
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Last May, I took a solo trip to Chicago for the wedding of one of my friends from middle school (nothing like writing that in your mid-30s to make you feel old). I arrived early Friday morning to escape the day-to-day (which at the time was working my full-time job,
poetry
Today’s post (which is admittedly a day late because my son was home sick yesterday) is a poem inspired by a prompt in one of Beth Kempton’s online courses. The topic, to wonder at the vastness and interconnectedness of everything. Invisible Strings We live in a world of
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Each Monday, I post content that is relevant to whatever is happening in my studio and life. The last Monday of each month (so today!), I’ve decided to reflect on 5 moments of everyday beauty that I noticed over the past few weeks. I’ve tried various gratitude practices,