Today’s hug is for the parts of you that know you have something to share with the world, but really struggle to do it. Maybe you’re scared of promoting yourself. Maybe you’re scared of asking for the money. Maybe you’re scared of doing the thing itself – starting the blog, starting the painting, starting the [...]
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The Sunday Hug: Slightly Belated
Today’s edition of the Sunday Hug is a little belated as I’ve spent the whole day in the studio, working feverishly to finish the paintings for my application to study in France. Fingers crossed I’ll have it done by Friday. So this is just a quick hug, and a hug I don’t quite have the [...]
The Sunday Hug: Motivation
Because sometimes, life is hard and you just need a hug. This is the Inaugural Sunday Hug. I thought of it at 7am this morning and fell in love with it. Yes, you can now come here every Sunday and get a hug. Rock on. I was feeling a teensy* bit discouraged yesterday. *That is [...]
Your art is your own.
I got a message from a total stranger on Facebook earlier today. She’d seen me comment on someone else’s status and decided to look at my art. As an artist herself, she decided to message me and inform me that I needed to get away from representational art. The point she seemed to be trying [...]
