I don’t know about the rest of you creative folks out there, but finding a balance between art-making, marketing and admin is sometimes the hardest job of all. I love making the art, but without the marketing and the admin, it’ll never go out the door. I get torn between love of one thing and [...]
So I’ve decided to just go with my instinct and celebrate how much I love making tiny paintings. They’re so sweet! And colourful! And fun! I feel called small – called to the humble, beautiful, gentle things. These are the simple, significant, lovely parts of our lives. I want to paint those things – our [...]
This is it. Today’s the day. My tuition is due by the end of the day, and as the fancy pink graphic below shows, I’m just $363 from my goal. BAM! That feels good. As I wrote the other day, I’ve been working hard to make sure that my journey is one of love, [...]
I am 3 days and $900 away from paying my tuition + rent to return to France. Of the total almost $7000 I thought I’d have to pay, having $900 left feels like something akin to a miracle. Between scholarships, sponsorships and generous donations, I am thisclose to officially being able to start my journey. [...]
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Tiny Gem Tuesday! So I’ve decided to just go with my instinct and celebrate how much I love making tiny paintings. They’re so sweet! And colourful! And fun! I feel called small – called to the humble, beautiful, gentle things. These are the simple, significant, lovely parts of our [...]
This painting changed my life. I was 16 when I saw it for the first time, in Sister Wendy’s 1000 Masterpieces. (Amaaazing book.) I saw it, and every part of my heart and soul yearned towards it and whispered, “I want to do that.” Last year, I spent 6 months learning how to do that. [...]
What are you up to on this lovely Thursday afternoon? Want to come hang out? I’ll be re-starting “Watching Paint Dry” my livestreaming-from-the-studio painting show this afternoon! I’ll be sharing my processes, explaining my steps and you’ll be able to ask questions via email, chat and Twitter which I’ll answer as I paint. It starts [...]
Confession: since I arrived home from France, my financial situation has been in shambles. My boyfriend and I are bleeding cash. Six months with little work, and minimal marketing of either my art or my web design services has left me scraping by, scrambling to get my rent together. I’ve been working at rebuilding, but [...]
I have a plan! A big, exciting, terrifying, mind-boggling plan. It’s my 2 year plan, in fact. I’m going back to France. But this time, I’m selling all my furniture, giving up my apartment and bringing my boyfriend with me. For the next 2 years, we’ll be splitting our time between Canada and France, while [...]
I’ve restarted this post about a billion times. How do you re-introduce yourself to the world? How do you explain to people how much your life has changed while you were away? I feel rusty and slightly awkward, with so many things to say and not quite the right words to say them. None of [...]
