I’m thankful for all my friends, family, clients, and patrons. Thanks for your love and support in helping me do what I love to do!
It all started back in 1996 when I was waaaaay into surfing. Being the determined Aries that I am, I was president of the Association of Women Surfers (AWS), a non-profit organization of over 170 female surfers as part of WISA (Women’s International Surfing Association). (Oh, and did I mention I was 19 at the …
One thing I am grateful for is how my parents nurtured me and my brother to be our creative selves. Last weekend I had the incredible opportunity to see my brother star as the lead in a Portland Broadway play called Parade. Besides being brought to tears by his exceptional performance, I was inspired by …
Perfectionists strive not only to make things perfect in their life, but also for those around them. For perfectionists, a mistake feels like a death-sentence because it feels like everything that they’ve worked for has failed. “How do you know this?” you ask. Well, let’s just say that I’m something of a recovering perfectionist. I …
No, seriously. You’ll never guess, so I’ll tell you: I went to the post office to get my mail the day before my birthday and there was this package from India. Inside were 20 drawings from children who live in a children’s home in India. They are sent to this particular school because their families …
Lane Jones, marketing consultant and owner of Fresh Take on Content, comments that “It’s amazing how by just taking ordinary words… and putting them on a background makes the difference between a post that barely gets noticed and one that gets liked, shared, retweeted or reposted.” In an article by Debra Eckerling, she reiterates how …
I have been an artist my entire life. But, I have only made a portion of my money through my art. I mainly have created art for myself and my amusement since I could hold a crayon. I started by doodling, then painting t-shirts when I was younger, then submitting little clip art drawings to …
Being inspired is one of my favorite feelings. I decided to write and illustrate what being inspired means to me, as well as explore the somewhat tumultuous creative process. It was a challenging and borderline scary thing to unveil such personal feelings into the world, but it was also an exciting challenge. My creative process …
I am having a great time learning to “paint” digitally. Above is my first attempt at digital painting, called “All is OK.” Digital painting is completely different than using a traditional paintbrush and paint, but it allows for some great new benefits such as: trying something and then quickly deleting it if I don’t like …
There are many ways that we can be eco-friendly in our homes and through transportation choices. But how about our offices and in our businesses? From changing out lightbulbs to CFL’s, to choosing manufacturers who use recycled products or green energy sources in their production processes, to voting with your dollars by choosing local service …