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True Gifts of Collaboration

September 16, 2014September 21, 2014

This mixed media photo painting was one of the most fulfilling projects I have taken on in a very long time. Learn how to create dynamic work such as this in Co-Lab. There has been a very special project I have been involved with all year that I have kept pretty mum about… until today. …

True Love Will Find You in the End

September 5, 2014September 19, 2014

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allen Poe “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Lately I’ve been …

Current Turn Ons

August 29, 2014August 31, 2014

Nothing quite like a freshly organized new studio… New licensing deals happening at Uncommon Goods (they are such a great company to work with!) Taking time to heal and become more whole again after some serious setbacks. Planning gatherings for next year to create and circle round with brilliant and amazing women… Capturing light. More …

Art Transforms Life

July 21, 2014

Lately I’ve been pondering just how much art making, painting, and active creative pursuits have impacted my life. I began to realize that it’s influenced so much…perhaps everything. For this, I am endlessly thankful, in fact I often tag my Insta photos with #thankfulartistgirl. It just fits. So I thought I’d write a simple post …

Current Turn Ons

July 7, 2014September 19, 2014

“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God “We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Translations from …

Cara Italia, My Love is True

May 26, 2014September 21, 2014

I happen to believe we have kindred spirits all over this Earth, which for me, is most delightful especially when they are of the creative kind. These kindred beloveds can also be countries, or certain parts of the world. Fifteen years ago when I was the ripe age of 22, I discovered my first true …

Transformation can be gorgeous thing.

April 30, 2014May 1, 2014

(as well as graceful and utterly blissful — especially when paint is involved)! Registration is now open! Read all the details here.

Let the Season of the Wheel Move You

April 27, 2014April 29, 2014

Let it come to move you. The sounds, colors, lines, rhythmic patterns, shapes of new growth… Let this Season of Spring, the soft buzzing, delicious blossoms dripping with nectar, hues so fresh and alive, make your way into your creation. Any creation. Take a walk: get down and become small. Notice the tiny details, the …

Together in Sweet Creation

April 14, 2014April 15, 2014

I just returned from teaching a series of workshops out on the West Coast. The first week of teaching proved rather challenging, with me catching one of the worst bugs I have ever had. The second week I came back to life and rocked 3 workshops in a row. I keep learning more of what …

Inviting Grace

February 2, 2014February 13, 2014

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the …