I'm All Over the Place

October 25, 2015

I'm all over the place! Or at least I feel like I am. These past few weeks have been a bit crazy for me. In an effort to get school over with faster I increased my course load. Simultaneously, my work load also increased... and so did the ballet practices for my girls! When it rains it pours right? Regardless, I know this is only temporary and this period of being uncomfortably busy is actually forcing me to be a little more decisive in my creative process. And when I'm decisive, I find I'm more productive :) Perhaps I should just stay busy for the sake of making good art.

Anyway, here are two little illustrations I did this week for one of my classes.

Saturday Flowers

August 18, 2015

I used to avoid drawing from life. I found it limiting when in reality everywhere I look I see limitless inspiration. My eyes must have been closed. The beauty is in life

My Photography Hiatus

July 31, 2015

When I moved to Kentucky my camera went in the closet. I took a seven month break. Here's why.

This came from my sketchbook. It started as just a quick sketch showing the bond between mother and son. — This came from my sketchbook. It started as just a quick sketch showing the bond between mother and son.

Aesthetic Emotion

February 23, 2015

A lot of times I get stuck in the drawing process before I even begin. I do I'm thinking too hard about what I want to "draw". I watch my kids do the same thing and my advice to myself and to them lately has been to just get it out. Just put it on paper as fast as you can and then move on...

I actually took this photo of my son and daughters playing in the snow with my i-phone... and yes, this is our back-yard here in Kentucky!!! — I actually took this photo of my son and daughters playing in the snow with my i-phone... and yes, this is our back-yard here in Kentucky!!!

Pictures in the snow

February 18, 2015

It's beautiful here in Kentucky right now... to me at least. I grew up in Connecticut and as a child became accustomed to ice cold winters with lots of snow, but I've spent most of my adult life living in North Carolina where winters are pretty lame.

A Valentine's Day Sketch

February 14, 2015

Every year that goes by I tell myself I'm going to try next year to be more festive. So here it is, Valentine's Day 2015 and I think I did an ok job in my attempt to get into the mood of this particular holiday. I'm wearing red, I'm baking a sweet treat for my kids and I drew this cute little Valentine's Day mouse. :)

What is creative flow?

January 29, 2015

Sometimes when I talk to my artist friends we joke that our clients think we have a magic wand that we can wave and create with. It’s definitely just a joke, I have no such thing, but to be honest there is something a little magical about the creative process. Realistically and for those who don’t believe in magic, it’s a purely physiological process.

Moving... Next Week!

January 23, 2015

You know that surreal feeling? That's how I felt this morning. I sat down to make my list of things to do today, looked at the date and realized that on this day next week I will be helping my husband load a U-Haul. Next week, January 31st (yes the day before Super Bowl) we will be on our way to Kentucky.

Presence

January 19, 2015

I started practicing yoga actively about 6 months ago. The instructors vary from class to class but the message has often been to be present. I always thought this applied to the class and never really thought much about applying it to my life.

Feeling Imaginative

November 1, 2014

When I was a kid I was always day dreaming. My imagination was so alive it was almost uncontrollable, especially in 4th grade math class where I missed out on foundational math because I was too busy drawing happy troll looking characters on my desk and giving them haircuts with an eraser or escaping to the away dreamlands that would spill onto my paper.