It’s paramount that we keep our immune systems healthy and our minds and hearts calm right now. So I’m layering in heart-centered activities and tools anywhere I can to try to beat the stress! Here are 11 of my favorites!
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How to Fill the Void
Are there things you tell yourself that if you just had, your life would be better? A new house, a loving partner, a new job, a box of kittens? Do you constantly judge yourself for your shortcomings? Procrastination, a messy house, being a space-case? Do you find yourself bargaining down an unending train for your happiness? Once I achieve XYZ, then I’ll be happy. Then
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Artswalk Cover Interview
Last week I was interviewed on camera here at my home studio about my art process, journey, and the cover piece I created for the city’s Spring 2019 Artswalk Map!
I had a rather bad case of stage-freight but made it through! Check out this video and be sure to watch the bloopers!
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Duality and The Sly Fox
A sharp stone. A dull blade. A longing to stay and a need to go. Light and dark. Love and hate. More than I have now, but less I can pay late. The world swims in mercury pools of Duality. Bending to our every form, thick cold layers of silver doubt. Thrice she knocked on my door, and at the third rap, I finally heard
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Letting the Mud Settle : What I Learned on My Solo Retreat
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you might have seen that I went on a solo retreat last week! Nothing but me, myself, and I and only the trees, king fishers, and waves of the Salish Sea to guide me through each day. It was pretty lovely!! But also incredibly frustrating! Haha! Things have been pretty crazy busy in my work-life for the past
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New Goddess Series at ARTSWALK // Oct 5-6th
I’ve been working on an all new series called SPIRIT ANIMAL: GODDESS and I’d love for you to come see it this weekend during Artswalk! It means the world to me to hear your feedback and celebrate these things with you. Every time you come to one of my shows it brightens my heart so much! But this show also now has extra meaning to me… While
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Three Tips for an Awesome Morning
How do you start your day? Do you have a routine or do you feel frantic and discombobulated like I used to? For the longest time, when I woke up my mind was already on my to-do list for the day. It’s was hard for me to handle the “hassle” of getting myself and everyone else ready for the day when my mind was already
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Why I Paint People of Color
I just had the most amazing conversation with a woman about my painting of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and it brought us both to tears. It was during my most recent show at Splash Gallery, the “Spring Unveiling”. For this event, each of our 18 artists literally unveils a new piece of artwork and talks about it in front of all the event
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What I Learned from Being Sick
Three weeks ago I got super sick. Normally I can kick a cold pretty easily. Often times I don’t even get sick all the way. I have my regimen I do when I start feeling the crud: I take special herbs and vitamins, use my neti pot, cut out sugar, increase water and sleep, and manifest my buns off toward wellbeing. But this time was
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My Secrets to Getting Great Pet Pics
I spend a ton of time working with my customers to find cute pictures of their pets to paint that are good quality. Over the years, I’ve learned a lot about clarity, lighting, and angles, and how these affect portraits. Whether you’re hiring me to do a painting of your fuzzer, or just want to take some cute pics for Facebook, here’s my guide to
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