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Daily Portraits

Paintings | Mixed-Media on Watercolor Paper | Collection In Progress

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I just spent the last two hours in a co-working (m

I just spent the last two hours in a co-working (more like “co-painting”) Zoom call with the artists in my BOW program.

If you’re wondering — BOW is part two of my mentorship program where we spend nine months creating a body of work (BOW) that we then exhibit in a public show in the Summer. I get in the trenches & make a BOW right alongside them as well.

This is my third year hosting BOW & boy do I feel lucky!! I love my mentorship program & being able to support other artists in this deep way.

And oh yeah — this is what I was working on today. My big painting that’s a total work in progress still.

#wip #painting #contemporarypainting #studiopractice #wip #workinprogress #phoenixartist

I have eight 5 foot tall canvases that have been p

I have eight 5 foot tall canvases that have been patiently hanging around my studio waiting & waiting & waiting for me. Last year I had a few false starts with them where everything ended up feeling kind of forced and ultimately blah. I think that’s because I was trying to recreate a sketch — I don’t work that way & I should have known better. Rather, I approach painting as both a conversation & an actual journey — where I feel my way through & allow the painting to guide me.

Painting this large has been so dang delicious because it’s such a slower process. I spent all day today just working on this one part of the painting — really getting to know the faces that are emerging forward & taking time to be with the painting — not just zip through it.

Plus, I gotta admit — I love & feel ridiculously intimidated at the same time by how much terrain there is in front of me — but that’s how I know I’m on the right path. If my process isn’t well seasoned with fear,what’s the point!

#painting #workinprogress #wip #studioview #studiopractice #contemporarypainting #contemporarypainter #thisartistslife

Just a good ol’ work in progress & my crazy obse

Just a good ol’ work in progress & my crazy obsession with blue. 💙🌀🩵

#wip #painting #worksoncanvas #contemporarypainting #intuitivepainting #studiopractice #phoenixartist

Split Mixed Media on paper | 9” x 12” | From m

Split
Mixed Media on paper | 9” x 12” | From my ANCHOR series

#painting #mixedmediaart #studiopractice #paintingpractice #worksonpaper #paintingonpaper #blue #intuitivepainting #contemporarypainting

Dropping Anchor | Mixed media on paper | 12” x 9

Dropping Anchor | Mixed media on paper | 12” x 9”

#paintingonpaper #worksonpaper #mixedmediaart #painting #intuitivepainting #studiopractice #paintingpractice #blue

Been doing a little spring cleaning in the studio

Been doing a little spring cleaning in the studio — including hanging new work up on what I call my “vision wall”. My “vision wall” is not to be confused with a “vision board”. This is not about manifesting dreams, but rather about having an ongoing conversation with my work — which sometimes kinda feels dreamy for sure 🌀

#studiopractice #artstudio #studiolife #painting #paintingonpaper #worksonpaper #mixedmediaart #contemporarypainting #blue

Yesterday I made a little reel of my sketchbook ri

Yesterday I made a little reel of my sketchbook right before I painted this little diddy. It’s not only my first painting since I arrived home from being in Cleveland unexpectedly for two weeks — but it’s also the first painting in my ANCHOR sketchbook.

ANCHOR is my upcoming online workshop that starts Monday. I’m really looking forward to it. 💙🌀💧⚓️

#painting #mixedmediaart #worksonpaper #paintingonpaper #studiopractice #intuitivepainting #contemporarypainting #sketchbook #visualjournal

For the last two weeks I was in Cleveland,Ohio —

For the last two weeks I was in Cleveland,Ohio — my mom was in the hospital for two surgeries. Thankfully she’s back home & slowly recovering. 🙏🏻✨

I’m back home too & this is the first I’ve been able to sit down & sink into my studio again. Of course I brought with me a tote of supplies & a couple sketchbooks to Cleveland — but nothing compares to my beloved studio.

Except, I have to admit, before I suddenly left I had a body of work started & ideas where to take that. Now I can’t remember any of it. I feel different — so I’m taking time to simply anchor myself back to what I love — what makes my cells sizzle.

#painting #visualjournal #mixedmediaart #contemporarypainting #worksonpaper #paintingonpaper #studiopractice #studiolife #sketchbook #startingover

Sometimes, When My Eyes Are Closed Mixed media on

Sometimes, When My Eyes Are Closed
Mixed media on paper | 14” x 11”

#painting #paintingonpaper #worksonpaper #mixedmediaart #mixedmediaartwork #studiopractice #artcollector #blue #phoenixartist

From this morning. #workinprogress #wip #workson

From this morning.

#workinprogress #wip #worksonpaper #paintingonpaper #mixedmediaart #studiopractice #painting

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