As I painted my first collection, I asked some sweet friends to chat with me about what solace meant to them. For me, solace is the place where we are calm, even in the midst of the chaos, where we find beauty in the brokeness and joy in the sadness. I loved painting these places […]

~FLASHBACK~  My boyfriend (now husband) calls me, now 30 minutes late picking me up at my house for our date on Saturday night, and tells me his car won’t start, and he needs ME to come pick HIM up… I mean.. Okay… that’s fine.. I hopped into my car all dressed up for our date […]

HEYOOOO

Wow this year has been wild already?! Or is it just me?? I’m sitting over here with my pups at my feet (and the babes, lets be real—they’re making a giant mess of glitter on the floor so I can write this). …

There’s a theory about the creative community I don’t *just love.* The idea that only the wealthiest of people can “afford” to commission artwork. The idea that adding beautiful original fine art to your home is only for those who “have a ton of extra cash on hand.” Do you ever feel like that? Hi—can […]

So, think about it—in an age where print publications are not as popular, coloring books made a comeback. Ummmm… clearly we have an infatuation with art as humans.

But WHY?! 

Well, in my previous blog post I talked about WHY ART MATTERS…

Today I’m diving deeper…

I’m taking you behind the scenes, and rounding up some questions I get asked ALL THE TIME! I’m talking Secret Time, Burt Kreischer Style.

Let’s go!

You know that feeling when you wake up from the BEST NAP?! It was the perfect length so you don’t feel groggy, the perfect temperature  so you don’t wake up all sweaty, and your husband has corralled the kids so they don’t go in and wake you up every five seconds?? YES THAT NAP! It’s […]

I remember sitting in my high school art class as a senior–the only one I’ve ever taken since I had to to graduate–and my art teacher said, “Art is good for your brain!” Honestly, I always loved creating so part of me was like AMEN SISTER!, while the other part of me was a little more skeptical. But y’all, research shows that art has incredible health benefits. I’ve done the research for you because I just HAD to find out the truth. Art literally heals our brains, and as for my own personal experience, I can 100% attest to that.

That title though, right?! I promise it’s going somewhere…

I’ve had some awesome questions sliding into my DMs… questions like:

“How do you get inspired?” 

“Do you have to wait until creativity strikes?”

“How can you create when you’re blocked?”

“Do you create when you’re having an artist block?”

The year just started, and I don’t know about you, but I’ve got some major goals for stepping up my email game. If you’ve been around me long, you know I have an affinity for beautiful things. Ya feel me sis?! So, when it came to how I’d write my emails, I tried a few different options.