Visit my Studio
A few images from life in my MFA program at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
Why you should do a quarterly retreat
A Quarterly Retreat - whether personal or for business, can help you slow down and assess where you are, what you’ve done to get here, and where you are going. Here are 3 steps to creating a fantastic and fruitful quarterly retreat.
Featured Artist / Client: Hannah Freitag
“The pursuit of career success and emotional fulfillment has led me here, and I can't wait to see what is going to come of it.”
-Hannah Freitag, collage artist
Your Artistic Archetypes are Always Shifting
We all have certain tendencies and ways of working in our art. Whether influenced from our environment, what we’ve been taught, or our innate style and voice, it is worthwhile to take a look at some of those patterns which may provide a deeper understanding of our own creative processes. These patterns can better help us understand ourselves if we see them as personifications, or metaphors as our Artistic Archetypes.
Have you taken the What is Your Artistic Archetype QUIZ?
The Creative Process
What is the Creative Process? Where do you get your ideas? In this post I write about “Generating Systems”: Any mental model that continually fosters the production of ideas, thoughts, metaphors, symbols, connections, and comparisons for use in the creation of works of art, writing, design, or research.
Envision Your Year Workbook
Spend some time at the turn of the year to look back, and look forward. This workbook leads you through the process of closing out the year and setting a vision and goals for next year, while looking inward to find inspiration.
Print this PDF (40 pages) and keep it all year; revisit it monthly to gauge where you are and remember your vision.
An in-depth inspirational workbook to start the new year:
Envision Your Year Tarot Spread
Word of the Year Exercise
Set Intentions & Goals
2023 Calendar
Ripple Meditation
Try Ripple Meditation in your own creative process. It has really helped me to create an atmosphere of deep creativity in my self, my studio practice, and my business. I am happy to share this idea with you, and I hope it helps you, too!
VIDEO: 9 Ways Artists Think
9 ways artists already think - that can make you great at business!
The Psychology of Imitation
Why do we make master copies - and how can imitation help us find our own voice?
The Adventure of the Accidental Lunaria
I discovered a new form of painting by accident. I call them Lunaria, because they create a little moon on the ceiling, and glow from within.
Artists in the ZONE
The Kolbe A Index and the 4 Elements of the Creative Process for Artists - #KolbeStrengthsWeek
Time it, Type it, Tweak it
Time it, Type it, Tweak it:
3 Simple Steps to Getting ANY Writing Project DONE!