Tag: my art
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How to Paint Like a Child
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Children’s art is one of my greatest inspirations: it’s intuitive and impulsive, without the confines of “should” and “can’t”. Kids don’t have any sense of limitation, or any reason to doubt their own abilities. Picasso famously said “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist…
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Buried the Lede
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From this quarter’s newsletter: While the beginning of the year felt impossibly long, I’m frankly a bit stunned that we’re already here, mid-March, nearly a quarter of the way through 2024. Spring, though, is my favorite season and I’m working hard to stay present, appreciate the small things (like bees…
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January Mixed Media Art Showcase
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I am currently showing mixed media art in the window of Atelier No. 5 in Cologne, Germany through the end of January. There’s something for everyone: larger pieces on canvas, wood panels, and paper, as well as smaller, more affordable pieces on paper (not shown here). Details of the above,…
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Hawaii & Iceland Art Journals
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While I post my art journal pages regularly on my Instagram, I realized I haven’t shared a dedicated art post here in months. (Can I blame it on all this change?!) At the end of April, I finished up my Hawaii art journal, named — like those from the past…
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Growing Pains
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From my fall 2023 newsletter: I’ve been reminded again and again these past few months of how messy life is. How infinitely complex humans are. How none of us truly know what we’re doing, but we’re doing it anyway. (Go us.) And how art and friends and pets and glimmers help us through, one…