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I make art outside the velvet rope—raw, handmade, and full of human touch. No institutions, no pretenses—just a wild joy in creating and sharing directly. If you’re curious and a little unruly, you’re in the right place.
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- Making a Mini Art Journal from Scrap Painted Paper
I don’t keep an art journal. What I do keep is paper: big painted sheets that catch brayer roll-offs and leftover paint. Here’s how a couple of them became a mini art journal with fold-out pages, a cover cut from an experiment, and a long stapler. It isn’t finished. It’s started. - Unquiet Ground: A Mixed Media Series on Reclaimed Panels
The full process behind Unquiet Ground — scraping back another artist’s work, painting live, and why none of these need a frame. - Painting Over Reclaimed Panels: What Happens When Nothing Is Precious
A fellow artist handed me a stack of discarded panels and I had no idea what she’d done to them. That was the whole point of picking up the brush. Watch what happens when nothing is left precious enough to protect. - You Didn’t Lose Your Creativity: A Creativity Workbook for Artists Ready to Come Back
Maybe you used to make things. Then, gradually, you didn’t. Not a dramatic quitting — just a quiet setting down. This creativity workbook for artists starts exactly there, and it doesn’t ask you to be ready first. - Following the Thread: A Look Back at My Self Directed Artist Residency
I designed my own artist residency, worked through it, and learned more about my creative process than I expected. Here’s the full story — plus a free 25-page project folio.