As a free lance artist, there are a lot of things that we have to do on our own. We create, make, post, reach out, submit, invoice, etc. I can go on and on with that list because there really are so many tasks that need to be done on a daily basis to keep

I just love creating patterns. There's something so fun about seeing your images on fabric, wallpapers, or anything else really. When you think about the number of things ate are covered in patterns, it's pretty amazing :). Though I learned to create patterns in Illustrator, I had trouble with the loss of texture, color gradation,

There are moments in your life/career, that will always stand out as pivotal.   When I was in college, maybe my 3rd year, I had a project that I was extremely proud of.  It was a series of paintings I'd created in the method of the old glass sign painters.  I'd seen it demonstrated in an

It's that time again...my instagram feed is flooded with beautiful posts and promotions for Bonnie Christine's Immersion Course. I'm a huge fan. She's the reason I started learning about surface design in the first place :). I found her course on CreateLive and just fell in love. But...Being that Bonnie teaches surface design in Adobe

How many times have you looked at something on Instagram or Facebook and just thought, "Why do I bother?" As an artist, it's so easy to want to compare ourselves to other artists and feel super self conscious about our own work. I don't think there's an artist out there that hasn't felt this at

If you had asked me 8 months ago if I would have a licensing deal, I would have laughed and said, "Are you crazy?" But I do and it's a pretty amazing feeling. Flash back to the beginning of pandemic...I had no idea how to create a surface pattern design, no illustration or surface design

I'm sure you know a good amount about me already but I wanted to share some things that aren't really common knowledge. Ok this is gonna be fun. Let's see if I can get to 25 ;) I've never had a cavity. Nope, Never. I never sleep in. Latest is probably 7am. I have a

We took Christmas pics. Hey there! I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you and to wish you a really beautiful Christmas.  The year has been a strange one so Christmas seems even more important & special than ever.   So, as my post title suggests, this year, for the first time ever, we

I have a funny story for you, Many years ago, before I even met Remmie, I was in Utrecht, Holland (one of my favorite cities) for a street painting project and a Dutch friend offered to take me on a bike tour of the countryside.  YES PLEASE!!!!  But of course, I didn't have a bike- so