• Baltimore Journal III

    Baltimore Journal III

    Last week, I finished up the last pages of my art journal, the whole of which was filled in just over six months — a personal record! There’s definitely something to be said about finding (or making) the perfect book for yourself and your art: it allows you to just…

  • Featured Artist, UTIAJ

    Featured Artist, UTIAJ

    I’m excited to share that I will be a featured artist for this fall’s Under the Influence Art Journaling, hosted by Andrea Chebeleu of A Work of Heart. Not only will you get to explore my particular way of art journaling, but you’ll get to meet me virtually! Even better,…

  • Final Pages

    Final Pages

    I started this art journal in early April of this year — I know because I stamped the date on the cover. I am nearly finished with it. Here are some of the final pages, created with collaged papers, acrylic and tempera paint, oil pastel, acrylic ink, graphite, and paint…

  • Commonplace Books

    Commonplace Books

    Somehow I’ve made it this many years before ever hearing about commonplace books. You, too? Commonplace books seem to be, generally, a written collection of the things that attract your attention and pique your interest — a more right-brained version of an art journal, I suppose. The actual definition is…

  • Hey, Autumn

    Hey, Autumn

    Somehow, suddenly, it’s autumn. Every year, I say the same thing — and every year, the seasons pass by more quickly than the year before. It’s still mostly summer-like here in Baltimore: the days are hot (though less humid and the sky a brilliant, cloudless blue) and evenings are still…