Inspiration Friday - What happens when you swap doomscrolling for painting?

When we work with our hands, painting, drawing, sculpting… making cookies, we engage with the world differently.

Inspiration Friday - Why Make Something New?

The greatest pieces of art emerge from our solitude.

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Inspiration Fridays! What can your art teach you?

Instead of asking those horrible question...“what is it?" and "are you done?" People began asking me “How did you do it? How did you find your style?"
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Inspiration Fridays! Squint To See Clearly

This is what an artist does. We look out into the world and then back again.
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Inspiration Fridays! Beauty is waiting

Go find that thing that inspires you. Getting out of the house might be all it takes.
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Inspiration Fridays! You can name your fear but don’t feed it

As an artist, it's not uncommon for me to experience creative blocks from time to time. Some blocks dig in, and seem to linger, uninvited.
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Inspiration Fridays! What I Learned from Being Dramatic

They show us how to love what we learn. A good teacher can tap the wells of passion. A bad one can drown you in discontent.
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Inspiration Fridays! Mastery Is Not Just For The Masters

But it was a shift that I rarely achieved by myself. Someone had to point into the unknown and show me that it was achievable.
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Inspiration Fridays! Get Past Your Blocks and Find Your Inspiration

Creativity is everywhere. It pulses at the atomic level. All we have to do is turn around, and look for it. I discovered it alive and thriving
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Inspiration Fridays! Into The Abyss

It's our job to bravely throw ourselves at it like the Jackson Pollock of crash test dummies. All of that possibility can be overwhelming.
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Inspiration Fridays! Two peas in a pod.

In the right company, you will be willing to reach into the uncomfortable and build dreams one brushstroke at a time.
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Inspiration Fridays! We’ve all had those bad days.

There are days when it's easy to lose sight of all that we've accomplished. Especially if we're only focused on all that is left to do.
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Traveling without Knowing

The word painting feels light and exciting. The word profession brings with it a different kind of weight.
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Paint Like a 4th Grader

The word painting feels light and exciting. The word profession brings with it a different kind of weight.