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Objects Hold Power

Beach Playful Project seashells

Objects Hold Power

It's been a thing for me since I was younger: I like to collect things. Rocks, seashells, sand from a significant place. They remind me of that moment, that feeling, the sounds, the smell. There's something powerful about a tangible object that ignites memories for me like fireworks...

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Continuing Daily Self Portraits

Artist in Residency Playful Project Self Portrait

Continuing Daily Self Portraits

This week, I continued my daily self portraits and tried an exercise that popped into my mind: drawing blindly. So instead of working while looking at the mirror, I closed my eyes and did big gesture drawings...

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Painting Large

Artist in Residency Playful Project Studio

Painting Large

Painting large for me simply means freedom, freedom to drag that brush full of paint over my canvas dripping deliciously on the floor as I go. Why? because I can...

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Symbolism: A Journey into Self Portraits

Artist in Residency Playful Project Self Portrait

Symbolism: A Journey into Self Portraits

this week was full of wild, unbridled creativity! I continued both my daily self portraits this week as well as continued a collaborative approach to working with my children in my studio- and I noticed that this method of “work-ing” spring-boarded some incredible energy into my larger works..

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Patterns taking shape

Patterns taking shape

This week, I did some silk screen printing which was SO FUN. Last week I dove into researching symbols and patterns so it was fun to continue to explore this theme this week...

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