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
You Do What?
Genre: Grantee Story
Potholes, Past Lives, and Unfinished Work
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
I’m Showing Some 2D Work! Upcoming Group Exhibit at MoM
As part of my ongoing relationship with the Museum of Motherhood (MoM) in Saint Pete, I was contacted by MoM curator, Liliana Beltran, to solicit some of my work for… Read More
Be Your Own DIRECTOR: Self Care Strategies
Being an artist, a creative, a storyteller asks us to be vulnerable, open and honest in ways that most aren’t able. The result that I’ve found in my lived experience,… Read More
the great women artists
If you are a woman artist please put this podcast in your library if you are a male artist please put this podcast in your library. Art enthusiast of any… Read More
Tranquil Reflection: Finding Inner Peace through the Thorns of Life
“Tranquil Reflection: Finding Inner Peace through the Thorns of Life” is the seventh and final piece in my series “Transcendence” created for the 2023 Emerging Artist Exhibition with Creative Pinellas. … Read More
A Dream Collaboration
For years I have dreamed of having a gallery space away from the studio’s dust where people can see a collection of my work in a beautiful setting. Little did… Read More
Building Community With Art
Building Community with Art When you paint, it often feels like a solitary practice. But it isn’t, and it doesn’t have to be. We artists need a sense of community… Read More
So, What Are You Working On Right Now?
So, what are you working on right now? I am asked this question often. Friends, family, and colleagues will ask me this when catching up; people I meet will ask… Read More
Resilience Blooms: Surrendering to Growth
“Resilience Blooms: Surrendering to Growth” is the sixth in the “Transcendence” series of oil paintings that I painted as the 2023 Emerging Artist Grantee, with Creative Pinellas. It’s a remarkable… Read More
