The Habits That Changed My Life (And Why I Choose Them Carefully) Every morning, before I head into my art studio, I write a few lines in my five-year journal. If you’ve never seen one of these journals, each page represents one date, with just enough room to write a few lines each year. When … Keep reading…
What it really means to be an artist (even when you’re not making art) A funny thing has happened over the past few years. If someone asked me what I do for a living, I’d answer without hesitation, “I’m an artist.” But if they asked what I actually spent my days doing, they might be … Keep reading…
Near the end of COLLAGE JOY, several students wanted to know how I priced my artwork. So for those of you who asked, here you go! My goal is to price my art so that it sells soon after I launch it as a collection. I look for the “pricing sweet spot’“ where potential buyers … Keep reading…
The Fly Higher collection launched August 3 years ago, and this collage sold as soon as I opened the online doors. Based on the immediate response, I was very hopeful that the rest of the series would sell quickly. Yet by the end of the day, only 3 of the 25 piece collection was sold. … Keep reading…
Since quitting my day gig to pursue art full time in 2018, I had been in a never-ending experimentation phase, searching for my artistic voice, not knowing when and if I was ever going to find “it”. As a result, before 2021 I had never launched more than one original art collection in a single … Keep reading…
Every January I read about people choosing a word that will define or be the focus of their year ahead. They choose powerful words like TRUST, OPEN, REST. And although I truly love this concept as I’m all about having a spiritual focus, I just realized why I have never chosen a word for the … Keep reading…
For the past 6+ months, I’ve had a major case of “artist’s block”. This is what inspired my journey through The Artist’s Way last October (more on this here, here and here), where I committed to extensive self-exploration for 12+ weeks, including daily morning pages (151 consecutive days, so far) and weekly artists dates. And … Keep reading…
Now on my 12th and final chapter following The Artist’s Way, I have ANOTHER confession. It’s taken me many more than 12 weeks to get to this point. My process got stalled around week 8 when life sent me on a wild roller coaster ride with almost every minute of every day scheduled. However, in … Keep reading…
The first six weeks through “The Artist’s Way” has felt like a warm blanket of self love and healing, with so much unexpected expansion and growth. Biggest learning so far? Before this 12-week journey began, my focus had been on creating “good”, inspiring, sellable art. After all, I wanted my full time income to come … Keep reading…