Studio Blog
2022 Year in Review
daily painting sketchbook year in review
In December each year, I love reflecting on what were my highs and lows and lessons learned for each year. I thought I would share them here with you! Also a HUGE thank you to all of you who supported me this year in any way and welcome to all my new collectors and followers. This year I shipped out original work, prints, and products to people in almost every state here in the USA! I love sharing my work here in this space with you and I can't wait to dive into what 2023 holds for me.
Inspiration behind the Painted Pottery Collection
When Dreams Become Reality!! I've had this idea swimming and marinating in my head for over 2 years. After being inspired while looking at the evolution of Picasso's pottery journey, AND being heavily inspired by block printing in 2021, I had the idea to focus on painting pottery using simple gesture lines….
Blue Beaches in the Studio
Beach Blue Beaches Kids in Studio Ocean Waterscapes
These exaggerations awakened in me a deep sense of freedom and revealed a sort of instinctual thought pattern. I feel these paintings have been stored deep inside of me along with my childhood. This collection of "Blue Beaches" awakens early habits and sensations, and plunged me deep into that miraculous world of imagination.
2022 Holiday Look Book
Coastal Calendar Inspiration || 2023
I was drawn to patterns in the waves and colors that reflected themselves in the clouds, water, and sky. During my time I spent in my sketchbook ( I logged over 200 days this year alone) I started to develop a rhythm and work from a more intuitive place. I reached for colors based on how I was feeling that day, and made marks based on how being next to the ocean made me feel in that moment. Each day the ocean gave me a new energy, a new face, and the waves were different each day.