Find your motivation as an artist
Do you ever get stuck and feel unmotivated or uninspired?
Making a choice is important
Radiant and creative one, In this studio diary, I discuss materials I love to use. Not because I think they’re better than others. These materials are the ones I love to use because I’ve chosen to love to use them. I’m reading this book, The Paradox of Choice by Richard Swartz, and he really validates[…]
The importance of beginner’s mindset
I’m really excited about this topic of a beginner’s mind ~ but the other day I was literally in tears over it. Back story: I took an amazing leather hand stitching class taught by Karie Reinerston of Shelter Collective. She owns an incredible shop in West Asheville, the Shelter Collective Shop, which houses her and[…]
Please make ugly Art
Today, make something ugly. Do it from your heart, but please make ugly art. Make sure it make you say “bleh” when you look at it. Ok, ok, ok. You’ve got me, I’m not serious. I really want you to make things that you find and feel are beautiful. After all-I claim “create beauty” to[…]
A Peacock Teapot – how the peacock has taken form in my art
I became obsessed with imagery of the peacock a long time ago. Actually, I recall it vividly. A courtyard in the middle of a beautiful villa in Florence, Italy. There he stood, this peacock, shining brightly, boldly, and in the face of a lot of other chaos (people). I adore that memory. That time in[…]