In my studio session today, i was painting, it wasn’t working… and i went into a feeling i have had many times before… i know it now.. i trust it.. but it wasn’t always so.. here is my letter to creativity when paintings are not working out....
As I sit here in the sun, I am reflecting that somedays are hard and somedays are tricky today is one of them. Somedays all I want to do is curl back up under my doona and pretend that the day never started and escape. Start a new life, a new house, a new beginning...
Super grateful and excited for the past 3 weeks participating in Lilla Roger’s Make Art that Sells course on Illustrating Children’s Books. Last year I crowd funded the opportunity for this course to see whether it was a possibility for me, and I was so...
Contemplation and refection is often done all year round here in the studio, but especially at this time of year I find it increases as I start to plan changes for next year and basically work out how I can do better. This year my reflection thoughts have been...
If you are trying to get yourself out there as an artist there is so much information on “Things to do” that you can quickly become overwhelmed with all the things you “should” be doing, when really you just want to hide away and make more art. As an...
Being an artist, a writer, a creator is hard! Pfff! I have had people say, Oh really?.. sure its just slapping some paint on a canvas. My 2 year old can do that! When I am in a cheeky mood I say to those people great! Go right ahead lets do that and you come back...
