Genre: Grantee Story

It’s so crazy that this blog series and the exhibition is coming to a close! I have to say it was truly an amazing experience and Creative Pinellas has been… Read More

One element of my work that has clearly influenced my work is the lush, tropical plant life of Florida. I have used the lush patterns and colors to influence my… Read More

Alert! Longer form content ahead (1900 words-ish) As I was trying to hunt down some media files in old emails, I came across a piece of writing I did for… Read More

Hello everyone! What a wonderful show opening it was! I had family and friends come to visit and it was an incredible experience and high! I heard there were hundreds… Read More

They’re probably some of the most dreaded words for an artist.   “That seems Cliché.”   It’s like being called a hack. A joke.   After all the time I… Read More

A story keeps coming into my orbit about a discovery in octopus’ behavior; that they dream (maybe). There is a PBS video clip of the phenomenon which shows a sleeping… Read More

Over the past year, I have read several books on grief. Many of which I would skim over briefly and set aside. They just didn’t speak to me. I had… Read More

I started painting later in life. I spent the first half of raising 3 daughters as a single mom. My youngest Karen and her baby son Nate moved home with… Read More

Most creatives have a million ideas sitting on back-burners in their minds, hoping to one day revisit them. I have what amounts to a series of different photo projects that… Read More