Creative Process

Join Me On The Left-Brain Artist Podcast

Oct 25, 2018

I recently had the honor of chatting all things business and creativity on The Left-Brain Artist podcast hosted by Suzanne Redmond.

Our conversation is so juicy that it goes on for almost two hours! In it I speak about my early-early days of my artist path, how Dirty Footprints Studio originally got it’s name, and much of  the behind-the-scenes of my programs. 

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Sometimes Fear Is Spot-On

Oct 8, 2018

A few years ago, I started to hear the call to turn the core concepts of my IGNITE program into a book. Even though I’ve loved to write ever since I was a kiddo, I’ve never considered myself “a writer.” So the fact that this was constantly on my heart and mind started to scare me. My first mode of attack was to seek out books on writing and simply start experimenting with the ideas I learned from them.

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Carving It Up Again

Jul 2, 2018

Last night I finally got my Linocut on.

I’ve been itching to do this since freaking November when I started this body of ink sketches. And OhMyGosh — I totally forgot how much I love carving. I woke up this morning and literally squealed before getting out of bed knowing my linocut was waiting for me.

You see, when I was in college I did this large body of linocut prints that took me a whole year to create.  They were called “meditations”. That’s when my love affair with carving began.

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