Small Business Saturday is coming up! This year I’m participating in Small Business Saturday by offering a discount on my picture books. My hardcover books are 10% off through my bookstore from Saturday, November 23rd through Saturday, December 7th. This is one of the few (if any) sales I’ll be doing for books because I’m …
Category: Artist Updates
2022/2023 Years in Review
Wow, can’t believe I forgot to do a roundup for the last two years! 2022 was definitely a cruddy year, and most of 2023 was too. But here I am, still persisting. Gotta keep moving forward. 2022 Review: I’ll come back to it some day. 2023 Review: Projects in the works for 2024: I didn’t …
“ABCs of Beasties” is Now Live!
Well, I finally did it. After nearly 2 years of planning, sketching, stressing, painting, and redesigning, my first “book-baby” is complete. ABCs of Beasties has truly been a labor of love and I’m so excited to finally share it with you. It’s available through Amazon here. I hope that this book encourages imagination and exploration …
“Death is Nothing at All”
I figured it was time for an update, mainly because I said that I’d return in mid-May, and here it is almost mid-June! A lot has happened since I last updated, we sold our house, moved, and FINALLY settled in. Never realized how long it takes to finally get settled into a new living situation, …
On Hiatus – Until Mid-May!
Life outside of my artwork and website and suddenly gotten very busy…but all for positive and exciting reasons! Just wrapped up birthday #2 for Little One and now we’re making some big changes in our abode! Unfortunately I have to push back my publication date of my first illustrated children’s book. But this will keep …
20/21 Roundup – Art and Mental Health Priorities
I’m not the type to mourn and complain about how a certain year(s) was terrible. Mainly because I think it devalues an entire year’s worth of experiences and that’s not healthy, mentally. I would certainly say that in 2021 I realized that I was surrounding myself with negativity and that it was affecting my self-esteem …
A (Desperately Needed) Weekend Adventure…and Bird Sketches!
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). …
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 …
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 …
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 …