Aside from the increased daylight, the best thing about spring is all the adorable baby animals! We welcomed 13 fuzzy new chicks to our...

Introducing My Personal Project For 2022 Every year, I choose a creative project to help me grow more skilled and push myself out of my...

I’m so excited to show you what’s going on inside of my art studio because I’ve been doing a lot of rearranging and now have a whole new...

The school bus picks up right at the end of our driveway, and on winter mornings waiting out there with my kids, the sun peeks out from...

I remember last year crying literal happy tears upon the news that my painting, The Next Twenty Years, got accepted in a juried local art...

If your goal is to read more books in 2022 or to simply find some new books to read this year, I’m here to help. Is there a word for...

This is a quick post inviting you to join me for a 4-day challenge I’m calling Destress December. In these four days, we will observe and...

You may have noticed from all of my recent paintings shared to social media that I’ve been on a coastal painting kick. I can’t seem to...

The Pacific Ocean and I were not quick to become friends. I met her after arriving to my Maui hotel over Christmas in 1996. It was my...

I never imagined myself living in a stucco house. They didn’t make them that way in Illinois, where I grew up. But in 2010, I lived with...

It was raining when I dropped off my youngest at preschool today. I smiled at the sight of her holding her teacher’s hand and walking...

2021 SUMMER COLLECTION Opens August 18th at 1pm EST. Shop the summer collection Summer is when we feel free to do more of what we love...

My Apple Watch looks so pretty with art as the background, and that’s why I want to show you how to make custom watch faces for your...

Intentional living is the antidote to the overwhelm most of us feel in today’s busy-obsessed world. We’re constantly connected, yet...

Landscape paintings with an element of water are my focus this month, after a February full of flower paintings. I’m swimming in visions...

I’m sorry I wasn’t more brave. I wanted to tell you. I had it all typed out, but I erased my fearless words and didn’t announce that I...

We’re well into February, and I hope you’ve been following along with my second monthly project for the year: February Flowers! Have I...

On the 26th this month, I turn 39 and I have a special request I hope you’ll help me with… I’ve long-yearned to visit all of the 50...

Farm animal stickers are here! I’m so excited to announce this because it’s something several of you have asked for, plus stickers are...

Today, we’re going to explore the different types of painting surfaces, often called “substrates,” for oil, acrylic, and watercolor...