Studio Blog
100 Day Project
100 Day Project Beach Plein Air Seaside sketchbook
This "100 Day Project" was born out of a desire to dive deeper into my own intuition on how I chose color palettes, themes I am drawn to, and how continue to evolve as I interpret light...
In the Studio with my "Seascapes" Collection
I am so thrilled to share with you some behind the scenes here in my studio as I work to paint my next collection "Seascapes". Painting the Ocean is something I love to revisit regularly and is a theme that drives the inspiration behind my passion as an artist. For this collection, I am painting some of the largest pieces I've ever painted and it feels so good to be doing so. Some of these pieces, I have been working on for over 5 years and to say I'm excited to share them would be an understatement...
Painting along the coast
Beach Fresh Coast Plein Air Seaside
The smell of the salt air that permeates my nose, the way the waves hit my ankles and sink my feet into the sand... Mentally, it's where my heart, thoughts, and feelings converge- with the end result spilling out through my paintbrush.
Where my story began
I remember the first time I explored the thought of having a "career", my mind immediately went to being an artist. I was laying on the beach on a lunch break from working my first job at the local surf shop in Cocoa Beach, Florida. I let these thoughts dance through my brain and loved how they made me feel. I was 17 at the time and immediately grabbed onto the thought of becoming an artist. "What would I paint?" I asked myself curiously...
Inspiration behind "Up North" Collection
This is my first collection of Winter-inspired landscapes and these pieces have been brewing in my head since I first moved to the beautiful state of Wisconsin 8 years ago...