Tag: my art

Buried the Lede

Open mixed media art journal. A layer of collage is covered with frantic marks in pink, black, and white. Most of the background shows through.

From this quarter’s newsletter:

While the beginning of the year felt impossibly long, I’m frankly a bit stunned that we’re already here, mid-March, nearly a quarter of the way through 2024. Spring, though, is my favorite season and I’m working hard to stay present, appreciate the small things (like bees and blossoms and sunbeams), take deep breaths, and make the most of the here and now.

Also — my Etsy shop is open, nearly 10 years after my last sale! I’m offering a few mixed media works on paper and, for the first time, small handbound art journals completely filled with original mixed media.

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January Mixed Media Art Showcase

I am currently showing mixed media art in the window of Atelier No. 5 in Cologne, Germany through the end of January. There’s something for everyone: larger pieces on canvas, wood panels, and paper, as well as smaller, more affordable pieces on paper (not shown here).

Square mixed media abstract piece. The primary colors are shades of turquoise, black, and yellow, with accents of white and neon pink.
“Delight Me”
Square mixed media abstract piece. The primary colors are black, orange, white, and blue, with accents of lime green and fuchsia.
“Clown Car”
Square mixed media abstract piece. The primary colors are black, shades of pink, and blue, with accents of white and lime green.
“All the Good Things”
Square mixed media abstract piece. The primary color is black, with accents of pink, blue, white, and lime green in the bottom right and top left quadrants.
“Flowers/Fireworks”
Mixed media abstract piece. A white background is topped with energetic brush strokes and splatter in black, lime green, blue, neon pink, and white.
Hurry I
Mixed media abstract piece. A white background is topped with energetic brush strokes and splatter in black, lime green, blue, neon pink, and white.
Hurry II

Details of the above, in order:

  • “Delight Me”: mixed media on wood, 12×12 in (30.5×30.5 cm), 175€
  • “Clown Car”: mixed media on wood 12×12 in(30.5×30.5 cm), 175€
  • “All the Good Things”: mixed media on canvas, ca. 16×16 in (41×41 cm), 200€
  • “Flowers/Fireworks”: mixed media on canvas, ca. 16x16in (41×41 cm), 200€
  • “Hurry I-II”: Mixed media on paper, 8.3×11.7 in (21×29.7 cm) 90€ each

If you’re in the area, come by! If you’re not in the area, stay tuned—I’m going to a post-show sale for the first time in over a decade. (Eek!)

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Hawaii & Iceland Art Journals

While I post my art journal pages regularly on my Instagram, I realized I haven’t shared a dedicated art post here in months. (Can I blame it on all this change?!)

At the end of April, I finished up my Hawaii art journal, named — like those from the past few years — for the atlas page on its cover. In July, I finally filmed a flip through:

Each art journal usually takes about three months to complete. Since joining the studio, though, the process has actually slowed as I figure out the logistics of how to create regularly in a dedicated space that is not in my home.

I’m just a few pages shy of completing my newest journal, Iceland, which will mark about three years of working in this size and style of handmade journal. Take a look at some of my recent art journal pages:

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Growing Pains

An art journal lying flat on a white background. The cover is an atlas page of one of the Hawaiian islands; the edges of colorful pages are visible.

From my fall 2023 newsletter:

I’ve been reminded again and again these past few months of how messy life is. How infinitely complex humans are. How none of us truly know what we’re doing, but we’re doing it anyway. (Go us.) And how art and friends and pets and glimmers help us through, one day at a time.

Read the full thing here.

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Offene Ateliers Köln

Colorful mixed media piece on paper.
Detail of mixed media on paper, with black, lime green, blue, and neon pink as the primary colors.
Blank pages within a bound handmade book.
Diptych mixed media on paper, with shades of green, white, and dark blue as the primary colors..
Detail of clorful mixed media piece on paper.
Diptych mixed media on paper, with black, lime green, blue, and neon pink as the primary colors.
Diptych mixed media on paper, with shades of yellow and peach, white, and neon orange as the primary colors.
Front cover of handbound book. It features gnome-like creatures painting a large blue question mark.

Last weekend — only about week after I joined the studio collective — Atelier No 5 participated in Offene Ateliers Köln (Open Studios Cologne). The once-a-year event invites art studios throughout the city to open their doors and artists to share their work.

We held a reception on September 8, and despite having little to show given my move and limited time in the studio before the event, I was thrilled to sell two pieces (above, bottom left). While my personal art journals aren’t for sale, I was also proud to showcase several years’ worth and speak about the process of creating them (in German!).

A white wall with 10 colorful abstract art pieces in varying sizes. On a table below sit four completed art journals and two blank art journals.
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