April 2025 Studio Update

Hello friends! Below you will find an update on what's going on in the studio, and what's been inspiring me lately.

There is a joke among military spouses that there is a deployment version of Murphy's Law - anything that can go wrong (when a spouse deploys), will go wrong. That being said… this has been the month of minimal time to do anything other than survive each day. So while this has been a slower month for creative work progress, I am infinitely proud of myself for still managing to maintain this seemingly insignificant short daily practice, and I am increasingly grateful for the outlet that I have in my artwork. 

This painting came from one of the few days that I was actually able to get my paintbrushes out - it resulted in a fun and different-for-me painting.

It has been on my wish list for literal YEARS now to submit a cover design for the Golden Coil  annual design contest… well of course this year's short submission window fell right on the deployment date, but I got it done!!

 It was no doubt extremely rushed and down to the wire, but the fact that I got it done during this season made me proud. This was my submission.

What’s been inspiring me lately:

My amazing sister knew I'd have some time to paint over my birthday weekend when my parents came down to help for a few days - so in advance, she sent these gorgeous roses from Grace Rose Farm.

I had a little bit of time to paint some quick abstracts of them on raw canvas and thoroughly enjoyed having a live model for once. The colors and details found in these roses are insane. 

That’s all for now!

Thank you as always for your support - it means the world to me. Have a wonderful spring!