Author: Ingrid Murray

  • Hampdenfest & Ohio

    Hampdenfest & Ohio

    Here are two recent art journal pages, made literally back to back. I really love the simplicity, color palette, and composition of both — and also feel like they complement each other well as individual pieces.

  • Finding Peace in Stressful Times

    Finding Peace in Stressful Times

    When life’s stress is overwhelming, I focus on the things that are right in front of me and eliminate everything extraneous.

  • Being Present

    Being Present

    The creative process requires us to be present. How much inspiration and intuition are we missing by keeping ourselves distracted?

  • Capturing the Chaos

    Capturing the Chaos

    Since I first began art journaling, the pages have been a place to express the ups and downs of my life.

  • Rust & Olive Branches

    Rust & Olive Branches

    I pulled together images from last year’s trip to Tunisia (the olive branches at the bottom of the collage), a rusty sheet of metal, images of my own mixed media art, and part of an old family photo.