If you have any hard to shop for members of your family, I have a reccomendation. Have a piece of art commisioned- featuring their pride and joy! Any avid camper would love to stare at their teardrop or their airstream as they wait for summer to return, right? Now you can make that happen with a custom camper watercolor! Check out my Etsy page for more details- or message me if you have any questions! No campers in your family? No problem! I also have a love of preserving food and family recipes- and I know that is a passion I am not alone in! So if you would like to collaborate to preserve a family secret recipe for all to see (without giving away the secret!) then I am here to help! If yo
I am SO happy to announce that I have OFFICIALLY been added to the artist in residence teaching roster for the North Dakota Council on the Arts! This is a huge honor- and as much as I am over the moon about the idea of being able to share my love of art with the school children of North Dakota, it is also exciting to be involved with such a forward thinking program! So much science is finally coming out supporting what so many artists and teachers already knew- art is really important! Being exposed to music, dance, and the visual arts all open up our brains to soak up information in ways that will enrich our lives for as long as we live- so lets get those kiddos started young! Anyhow, now
As I mentioned yesterday, we are nearing the end of the vegetables that we pickled ourselves. I might make some pickled eggs in the future or another home preserved food that might lend itself as a photogenic subject matter (we are big kimchi lovers in this house!), but for now I decided to go with a good old fashioned pantry raid. May I present to you: the humble sardine can. There is something appealing about a well stocked pantry. It is one of my personal goals to have more and more things that are filling that pantry to be things that we have canned or pickled ourselves- but I will be the first to admit that there are a large number of things that aren't available fresh locally, whether
Happy 2016! I can't believe we are already saying that- but here it is!! 2015 was filled with a lot of amazing ups and downs and twists and turns- and it looks like 2016 will bring more excitement and adventures. To which I say, bring it on!! To wrap up 2015 I created a collage on my instagram page with a few highlights of what has been keeping me busy over the last year. To be fair, I probably should have made a collage of my dog to accompany the painting shots, since she really is the other half of my instagram. Hey, everyone needs a muse, right? So to kick things off in a creative and mindful way, I have decided to participate in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge for January. I will b
