I (heart) NY
I recently took a trip to meet some amazing and inspiring fellow members of the Art Brand Alliance. This group has had an incredible impact on me the past two years, and I’m grateful to have met so many wonderful artists and made new friends. I even got to meet my friend Lizzie Clark in person, while wearing a fantastic dress (with pockets!) for which she designed the pattern!
Along the road I also was able to spend some quality time with my awesome mom. We went to the Corning Museum of Glass, saw a fun art show featuring some modern quilts by Becky McNeill. Yay for getting out on adventures.
Spades Animation
I glossed over February's exploration of Spades here in the news feed. I did have some fun in procreate and made this little animation! This feels like a tip of the iceberg experiment and I'm hoping to make more little playful videos like this in the coming year.
Happy Lunar New Year!
Today marks the Year of the Tiger – a symbol of bravery, wisdom and strength.
I'm wishing us all of the above as we march forward into the unknown ahead! I rarely draw animals, but I had fun recycling an old painting and imagining a playful world for my tiger friend to wander around.
revisiting a 2016 Carve Out Time for Art interview
I’m doing an instagram takeover over on Carve Out Time for Art’s handle @carveouttimeforart today. In the intro, Marissa Huber mentioned that she had interviewed me in 2016, which prompted me to revisit that, which was fun and encouraging. It made me even more aware of how little steps towards those big goals can really add up to something. I was just setting up a shop at the time and had aspirations of making patterns, designing wallpaper and creating public art. It is amazing how putting things out there does manifest those dreams and help them come true! I’ve since partnered with an amazing local company to create two beautiful wallpaper designs, and I’ve painted 6 murals!
We are often making progress towards our dreams even when it doesn’t feel like it. The mistakes and missteps count too, even if we are just learning what not to do. If you keep working away, eventually you will look back at those mountainous goals and realize that you might just have accomplished them.
This collection of images shows some current work in progress… I want to make a deck of cards, and that was one of the 2021 goals that got lost in the pandemic shuffle. So, baby steps, I'm kicking off the year tackling one suit at a time. (Again with the boundaries!) January is all about creating hearts. Hearts represent feelings and affection. They carry senses of understanding and compassion. The heart is synonymous with love and they are the suit of spring – who doesn't want to fill themself up with lovely feelings and dream about spring in the middle of winter in Buffalo?
In the spirit of manifesting big dreams, I will share three of mine for this year – I want to create and produce a deck of playing cards, paint another mural, and license more of my artwork/patterns. Tell me, what are your goals for this next year? Let's cheer each other on!