My painting "This Way to Hope" won FIRST PLACE at the "Road Trip" exhibit currently showing at the Rahr-West Museum in Manitowoc, WI. For this work, I wanted to show a journey where you might feel lost and uncertain until you see that beam of hope, shining through the darkness, leading the way. [Read More]
Let Your Heart Break Wide Open
The poetry on this painting says, "She let her heart break wide open, so God could fill the empty space inside." Sometimes we're afraid to acknowledge our pain and open up ourselves to God. The people in our life may just be too wrapped up in their lives or too uncomfortable to sit with us in [Read More]
How It Started and How It’s Going
I was thinking recently of those memes that say something like "how it started" and "how it's going" because of a painting that recently sold. This painting, "I Am Here for You" was sold recently at Woodwalk Gallery in Door County, WI. Ironically, I started the painting at Woodwalk during a [Read More]
Whitefish Bay Art Fest
Thanks to everyone who came yesterday to the Whitefish Bay Art Fest. What a beautiful couple of days we had! ☀️ My art globe "Possibility" sold, among many other items. I'm so grateful to everyone who came out to support the artists. 🎨 [Read More]
Those Clouds, Ya’ll
One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. Psalm 27:4 [Read More]
Sending Out the Cupcake Fun!
Mailing out Cupcake Commotion packages today! 🧁 Interested in getting this new, family card game? Head on over here. [Read More]
The Word Busy and Making Time
I was talking with a friend recently about people. Her people. Mine. And the word "busy." She hates it, and so do I. And I say that as someone that LOVES being busy and is pretty much always busy and has a calendar I write in and schedule time with people in and can't live without. Sometimes I [Read More]
Why Should You Paint?
Sometimes I hear people talk about art and creativity as if it is something they need to put aside until everything in their life is perfect and they "have time." (Spoiler, no one ever has time! Or to put it more bluntly, we are all ridiculously busy.) But even with this, painting and art and all [Read More]
In the June 2022 issue of House and Garden
NEW: I'm in the JUNE issue of House & Garden. (They are doing a summer thing and I'm in for May, June, and July.) So the June issue is out now! My painting "Bohemian Girl" is featured in the "Art Edit" section, along with a nice bio and blurb about me below it. 🌸🎨🌼 [Read More]
Road Tripping
I'm thrilled to announce that two of my recent paintings will make their debut at the Rahr West Art Museum in Manitowoc for the "Road Trip" exhibit put on by the League of Milwaukee Artists. This is a juried exhibit featuring works about travel and roads and journeys. Join us for the opening, [Read More]