What better way to celebrate Father’s Day weekend than with an impromptu family vacation to the mountains? Thanks to the Blue Ridge Heritage Weekend Arts & Crafts Festival, we had the perfect excuse to escape to the mountains to take in beautiful views, sip wine, listen to Bluegrass music, and…sell art!
Read MoreI’ll admit that my expectations for Roanoke, VA were pretty high, but this weekend still blew us away. At the Sidewalk Art Show, NINE original pieces found their new homes, five new commissions were added to the queue, and countless prints and more found their perfect people.
Read MoreArtsplosure, you have my heart! My hometown, Raleigh, really showed up and showed off this weekend, and I’m still buzzing from all of the spectacular energy. I still can’t believe that TEN original pieces and a record number of prints found their perfect homes!
Read MoreI’m excited to have one of my pieces displayed in Artspace’s “Fresh” Exhibition in Raleigh, NC. Last night’s Preview Party for the show was such a blast! Meeting fellow creatives in my hometown is always so energizing and inspiring, and I was blown away by the amount of talent in the show and by the beautiful display itself.
Read MoreThank you, thank you to everyone who came out for Art on the Square in Williamsburg, Virginia! This weekend marked my first ever big art fair, and honestly, it was the best first art fair experience I could’ve asked for.
Read MoreHere’s a little taste of last Friday’s Artist Reception for a/perture cinema’s “Cinema Beyond the Screen” exhibition. The exhibition was even more beautiful than I’d hoped, and it was such a pleasure to get to meet and mingle with other creatives in my area. It made me feel all the more honored to show my work beside these talented local artists.
Read MoreSURPRISE! Fresh new works have just arrived in the Shop and are currently on proud display at Camino Brookstown in downtown Winston Salem, NC. So come grab a cup of coffee and a yummy pastry at your favorite local coffeehouse and bakery and enjoy the exhibition of new works. These thirteen fresh pieces will hang at Camino’s through June.
Read MoreThe holidays may be long over, but with all of this year’s belated holiday gifts, my January has been busier than ever! Now that my own holiday season is winding to a close, I’ve had some time to look back on this wonderful season of gift giving and some of the faces that made it bright. Here are a few of the happy faces - people and pets alike! - who unwrapped joy and art this holiday.
Read MoreI used to think that happy art would never be taken seriously. I thought that in order for people to truly value and appreciate your work, your art must express some sort of angst. But I’ve discovered that art isn’t about expressing any one particular feeling or mood…Art is about authenticity.
Last Christmas, this young woman, Emery, was surprised with the sweetest gift of art from her mother. Emery had been saving up for months to buy my work “Alpine Dreams.” Little did she know, her mom had decided to surprise her daughter by purchasing her dream painting for her.
Read MoreEvents like this one at the Sayso & Friends Winter Market help ground me. Interacting with real people in real time, talking about art and what it means to them, feeds my soul in ways I didn’t realize I needed. Thank you to everyone who came out this Saturday to support local artists and makers.
Read MoreEvery year on Thanksgiving, we’re randomly assigned a family member to buy a Christmas gift for. On this particular year, I was asked to get a gift for my cousin who happened to have celebrated her first wedding anniversary just a few months prior. So for her gift, I painted her a wedding portrait. Her heartwarming reaction still brings me to tears.
Read MoreArdmore, you wowed us once again! Thank you to everyone who came out to this year’s Holiday Ardmore Art Walk and made this crisp autumn day even more magical. It was a joy to see all of our Winston friends and to meet new ones.
Read MoreYour high quality art print of your favorite landscape painting has just arrived. Now what? Once your print has arrived, you have a chance to get creative with your art installation. Here are just a few print display options to consider to get you started.
Read MoreIn the second installment of my new blog series. Art Reactions, I’ll share with you one of the most rewarding parts of my job: making people happy (or better yet, making people happy cry!). See what makes gifting art so heartwarmingly beautiful!
Read MoreMapping out my painting sales by state has been a really fun, satisfying way of tracking my small business’s growth See how I track my painting sales by state with this beautiful handmade puzzle map.
Read MoreA picture’s worth a thousand words, or so the old adage goes. While a work of art may speak for itself, sometimes a few words can provide greater context, texture, and depth to a piece. In this series, I’ll dive deeper into the meaning and story behind the paintings, starting with this lovely portrait of mother and daughter.
Read MoreI’m not often there to witness the reactions to my work, but sometimes I do get sent a reaction video, and let me tell you, it makes my YEAR. In my new blog series. Art Reactions, I’ll share with you one of the most rewarding parts of my job: making people happy (or better yet, making people happy cry!), starting with this wonderful surprise reveal at this Spring’s Ardmore Art Walk.
