First off, I’m going to apologize to my blog and and everyone who checks out my website: I’m sorry for neglecting you! I haven’t been great at updating here. I’ve been busy with that #momlife and working on my children’s book like a hermit (maybe I’ll share some sneaky peek sketches soon in a newsletter). I figured that while I don’t feel comfortable sharing any works in progress right now, I would share a little …
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Artists in the Age of Social Media
A Burden Is Lifted from My Shoulders I’ve been doing a lot of introspection the last month on how I want to proceed as an artist and budding writer. I’m redefining my definition of fulfillment as an artist. No longer will I be gauging my success by the amount of interaction on social media. This line of thinking has hindered my creative output and pure enjoyment of drawing for the last couple of years. Exhaustion, …
The White Doe
*In respect of fellow family members I’ve leaving the person in question vague, if you know who I’m talking about you know* A month ago was the anniversary of a loved one who passed unexpectedly. Realizing what day it was cast an introspective pall on the rest of the day. It brought to mind the mixed media drawing that I created in 2013 in reflection of that loved one. The summer of 2013, I was …
I’m Creating an Alphabet Book of Legendary Beasties!
For the last couple of years I’ve had this idea of creating a children’s book with my own illustrations and writing. I have a few ideas brewing but the first one I want to focus on is an alphabet book focusing on cryptids and legendary creatures from around the world. (To be honest, it was impossible trying to find a cryptid for each letter so I’ve broadened my net of beasties to choose from!) Cryptids …
What a time its been.
It’s been a tumultuous past 14 months. So many things have happened from the last time I updated this blog. To briefly sum that time up, I balanced a management position at work while navigating the journey of pregnancy for the first time. Needless to say, both left me mentally and physically drained, and thus my creative hobbies took a backseat. Then the day that my son was born shiz literally hit the fan with …
The Liminal Space Between Wild & Domestic
While I wait to hear back on whether my piece made it into Manifest Gallery’s Inhabit juried show, I thought I’d share a bit more backstory on my drawing I submitted. The jury process isn’t over until sometime in July so I won’t have to wait that much longer. Fingers crossed! The drawing I created ignited a spark and a new obsession with paint and ink I haven’t felt since college. For years I was …
Tools of the Trade: More of My Favorite Pens!
It’s been a hectic May :/ I’ve been working a lot of overtime at my day job and its been draining my mojo for art-making once I make it home every evening. I’m trying to decide which one is more important, getting a decent amount of sleep or working on my current project into the late hours of the night? Hmmmmm… Anyway, here’s Part Deux of my favorite inking tools. Enjoy and let me know …
Tools of the Trade: My Favorite Pens
Happy Friday! This week I wanted to share a few of my favorite tools of the trade (pens) and what I like most about them. I love experimenting with mediums so this gave me a good excuse to make little swatch cards for each to test them all out (I am not a scientist). I decided on making this a two-parter because I could ramble on forever about pens but I want these articles to …
“Your focus determines your reality” – Qui-Gon Jinn
Fave quote up there.* I’ve finally come around to the fact that I need to share more of my creative process with you instead of working silently in my hermit-hole and hoping that people will see my work that way. It’s taken this long for me to finally realize that I need to be more open and confident in what I do. I hope that keeping an updated blog is a step in that direction. …
Mythology Nerd & Artist, Combined
I’ve been drawing ever since I was a child; obsessed with dinosaurs, Godzilla, and dragons. Conjuring creatures from fantastic realms and from the woods of my memory has always captivated me. When I attended college I became more introspective in my work. My art matured through narrating my past experiences with the use of animals as allegorical symbols. Ink and watercolor have been my favorite mediums for nearly a decade, however, I recently discovered the …