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 [...]
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And so the journey begins…
January 10, 2012 – 7:50 pm
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. [...]
Hang out with me while I paint live
January 5, 2012 – 8:07 am
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 [...]
Money talk: a confession and a goal
December 9, 2011 – 1:15 pm
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 [...]
Big plans!
November 8, 2011 – 9:06 am
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’m baaaack!
October 27, 2011 – 12:19 pm
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 [...]
Hello from France!
July 28, 2011 – 3:09 am
So it’s been an embarrassingly long time since I’ve written here. I got caught up in preparations to move to France and then once I got here…well, it’s France. I suppose you could say I started functioning on French time. But I did want to give you a quick taste of the latest painting I [...]
Woohooooo!
April 22, 2011 – 3:21 pm
I finally heard from Studio Escalier! I got into the autumn program! It’s official – almost 6 whole months in France. I feel like this highly politically incorrect and cliched picture accurately describes how I feel (and also, what I’m going to eat.) I’m actually just really relieved. I was far more nervous this time [...]
Why “Sketches from the Road” is going to be so damned awesome.
April 15, 2011 – 9:41 am
I don’t think I’ve really talked about this yet, but I am so freaking excited for “Sketches from the Road.” Seriously. I’m actually almost as excited for “Sketches from the Road” as I am for actually being in France. The thing is, I’m quite a social creature and I’m about to be thrown in with [...]
Operation Shine needs your help
April 14, 2011 – 11:17 am
Dear, lovely people who read this blog and hang out with me on Facebook and Twitter: I need your help. I am the worst person at asking for help ever but there you go – I need it. Operation Shine Operation Shine is what I’ve internally named my trip to France (background story here). This [...]
