My Four Step Creative Process
It’s simple, really. And it needs to be. The act of creating is daunting enough. Who needs a complicated process to get it done? My four step creative process: Input: I am constantly gathering...
View ArticleSummer of Discovery
Gathering shells to bring home inhales and exhales of our beloved ocean. Counting the collection of shark teeth. Learning to love fresh in-season veggies. Finding a pace by painting in small squares....
View ArticleOn yesses and no’s…
What I’ve really learned in my 43 years is that the body does not lie; the body actually tells you what’s right and wrong. If you get a sinking feeling in your stomach or a heavy heart about something,...
View ArticleFalling into routine, and rising within it.
The start of school is behind us. Fall is here and I am settling back into the rhythm and flow of full-time artistry. My creative days are dependent on their start, so I am diligent to give myself the...
View ArticleAnne Truitt on Process:
“It’s like not knowing where you’re going but knowing how to get there.” – from Daybook
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I can’t put this book down, a sort of artist’s memoir. Anne Truitt’s Daybook. These three quotes, who rolled together in just a few pages, have haunted me: I do not understand why I seem able to make...
View ArticleThe Pace Book: a mini-book from me to you
The summer is behind us! We are returning to our regularly-scheduled routines. (And all the creative work-at-home parents say “Woooo!!”) ‘Tis the season for regaining control of our days and weeks. No...
View ArticleEvery time I read about shapes in art, somebody says that squares &...
The post Every time I read about shapes in art, somebody says that squares & rectangles are boring. Well, I’m sorry but I think they feel stable and I just can’t stop painting them appeared first...
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