• This, Too, Shall Pass

    This, Too, Shall Pass

    This time of year is so difficult. It’s dark, it’s cold, and the holidays bring all sorts of mixed feelings. On one hand, there’s the promise of joy and charity and togetherness, and on the other the reality of rampant consumerism and the unrelenting pressures of maintaining a veneer of…

  • Wild Things

    Wild Things

    Lately, my art has skewed more maximalist and energetic. Even when abstract, it’s impossible to separate oneself from one’s work: the joys, concerns, and experiences seep into the process. As Jackson Pollock said: “Art is coming face to face with yourself.”

  • Impermanence

    Impermanence

    I’ve been thinking a lot about how nothing we share online is guaranteed. We take it for granted that our Instagram posts will be there to refer back to years later, or that the connections we make on Twitter will last no matter how many times the company changes hands.…

  • Leave Your Creative Comfort Zone

    Leave Your Creative Comfort Zone

    On Tuesday, I joined A Work of Heart‘s Under the Influence Art Journaling class as a featured artist. I spoke about my background, inspiration, and artistic process, and then participants explored elements I use in my own work — collage, energetic mark-making, and bright colors and splotches — as they…

  • Life Lately

    Life Lately

    Life has been a whirlwind these past few months: appointments, weddings, upheavals. I finished an old art journal and made a new one. Autumn is in full beautiful swing and I’m savoring every moment. If you’re interested, here’s what I’ve been reading, listening to, and watching lately: Chalk: The Arts…