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This painting had so many layers and for so long I felt like I had to decide what type of creature it was... this put my creativity in a box and prevented me from following my instincts, which wanted the painting to be a mix of everything I've ever loved. So, I went back to …
Sometimes I just can't stop painting, doodling and drawing dots. To me, it's such a meditative process, representing the way I see and feel the world around me. While the dots in my artwork often represent overwhelm, within the process of adding them to my paintings, I feel …
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Mistakes always happen while I'm painting. I have dumped my water bucket accidentally on a face and had my neighbor's dog run into my yard and spill black india ink all over a painting. It can be SO frustrating at times to make a mistake, especially when you are really likin…
This is one of my favorite paintings from my picture book Big Monster - A Tale of Heart and Magic (a story about making friends with the monsters in your closet). You can get a little look inside all of my books and coloring books over in my shop.
Here's a look at one of the whimsical animal projects we'll create in my Bliss Mixed Media Painting online class, which starts in just a few weeks. This piece is created on paper with only a few supplies - soft pastels, water-soluble oil pastels, watercolors and pencil. In t…
Sometimes I just can't stop adding dots to my paintings, but I really wanted this one to feel like magic and colored dots like fireflies are a symbol of that magic for me. This piece is called "Magical Moonlight", oil paintsticks, pastels, acrylics, ink, pen and pencil on ca…
“The pictures were painted directly through me, without preliminary drawings and with great power. I had no idea what the pictures would depict and still I worked quickly and surely without changing a single brush-stroke.” -Hilma af Klint
I’ve fallen in love with mixed media painting. For me, there is no right or wrong and it always brings me joy to layer whatever supplies I have in my studio... and see what happens. This brings joy into the process, which, I think, inevitably gets infused into my artwork. So…