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I've done it before, but I suspect this time is for good.  In early January, I deactivated all my social media accounts. As a small business owner, indie artist and educator, the general rule is that this is unadvisable, and at worst blasphemous. I suppose the best place to start, is to say this decision took 5 years to make. It is not an easy decision for any creator. Having just made it for the second time in the past few years, I am confident anyone who wants to make it also, should not rush. In a culture that increasingly spends...

What the heck is Intuitive Drawing? Why are you teaching so many workshop about it? I want to write about this, because this topic is arguably one of the most important to me going into 2025. There are many reason I'm passionate about creating intuitively, but the one I'm thinking about this month is birthing. Intuitive drawing isn't making in the classical sense. It's a birth. I want to talk about what that means, what the differences are, and why it's a super exciting way to draw. I've been told by students that my workshop is unlike anything they've done....

When I taught Elementary Art, I learned more about being an artist from five year olds than I did from all my studio college courses combined. That kid-wisdom is the foundation of the adult group and corporate creative classes I teach today. My style of teaching isn’t FOR everyone but it’s specifically designed to REACH anyone that has an interest in reconnecting with the natural and judgment free art processes of their childhood. I used to “worry” people wouldn’t take me seriously teaching creative intuition and feeling over technique. Then two years ago I got a contract teaching engineers at Facebook. It...

Desert Goddess Series

The Goddess Series highlights the endless inspiration that can be found in nature. The strength of our goddess within, rooted through the earth, enveloped by air, enriched by water, hardened by fire, can be found from the simplest act of taking a breath and opening our eyes to our Mother Earth. What inspires your inner goddess?

Can Art be low skill and high joy? Most people tell me they remember Art being this way as children. Entranced by watercolors swirling together... Motivated by creamy pastels smushed into layers on white paper. The fun was in the process. Who gave a flying consideration attention to how "good" the art may or may not have been?? We were having FUN! And then things seem to change as we get older. We value product more than process. The joy falls to the wayside, and in it's place we begin to ask: "Does this thing look good?"What gives?I've had the pleasure of...