Category: Art Journal

  • Top Nine (2022)

    Top Nine (2022)

    Here are my top nine most loved posts on Instagram this year: And here are my own top favorite posts:

  • Art Journal FAQs

    Art Journal FAQs

    What type of journal do you use? I make my own art journals. They measure about 4.5×6 inches (11×15 cm) and are filled with watercolor paper. They’re simpler to make than it looks; the only special materials you need are chipboard, an awl, and waxed linen thread. Check out the…

  • 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.”

  • 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…

  • 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…