Just experimenting and playing today. Hope you have a happy day ☀️ 😃 💫 . . . . . . . . . . . . . #artistslife #yvrartist #emergingartist #intuitiveartist #pink #hotpink #naturallight #lovingthelight #allthefeelstoday #weekendvibes😎 #mixedmediaarts #colorfulllife #creativeprocess #pinkandpurple #contemplativeart #artisticjourney #shepaints #ampainting #keeppainting #paintpaintpaint #studentoflife #yegartist #yegart #yvrarts #yvrart
I wish I was more like her ♥️ 😴 ♥️ #happyfriday everyone! We did it yet again. Do you have something restful planned for yourself this weekend? We have family movie night on Fridays. We try to hunt down old classics. Everyone loves it! . . . . . . . . . . . . #selfcarematters #chillfriday #cutecatsonig #selflovetips #blackandwhite #photography #artistlife #yvrartist #yegartist #keepitchill #naptime😴 #greyday #westcoastbestcoast #quietday #taketimetorest #healthylife #thisislove #inspirationtoday #takecareofyourself
I can relate to this wee little portrait with the eyes all over. Somehow life can make a person dizzy. It’s impossible to keep up with everything and stay on top of all categories of life. I have been very captivated by the simple little phrase “slow and steady wins the race.” I say it to myself when something inside me tries to rush through, just to get something done. I say it when I am stuck in the car at a train and I have an appointment in 10 minutes. I say it when my kid’s room is a mess and she is breaking down because I find myself emphasizing the cleanliness of her room over her need for self care and rest. S l o w a n d s t e a d y w i n s t h e r a c e. Sometimes it’s not about new things we need to learn. It’s about what we need to remember ❤️ . . . . . . . . . . #slowandsteady #artistmom #selfcaretime #mixedmediaartwork #yvrartist #canadianartist #artandlife #lifelessonslearned #amtrying #shepaints #bekindtoyourself #patiencemydear #artisticprocess #artistslife
Shout out to all of you who keep in the loop about our Children’s Home 🤜 🤛 For those of you who don’t know, with a very small team working really hard, I help a children’s home in Nepal keep running smoothly. We have some wonderful kids we have seen grow from little ones. We started a project last year to build a third floor to expand our girls room. Because of health complications of the home director, and some unforeseen costs, we are looking for more support for this project as well as always for ongoing expenses. For details on how to donate, see our website: https://nepalchildrensfoundation.com/ and please consider following us on IG: @nepalchildrensfoundation . Thank you from all the beautiful humans in our Nepal community. If you can, please send good thoughts or a prayer to our home leader in Nepal as he is once again facing health issues. We have known him for over a decade and he has never quit striving to make the best life for the kids. This can sometimes take a physical toll. We hope to see him better soon and see that construction project through to completion for our girls 🙌 ❤️ . . . . . #communityproject #girlpower #globalproject #allthefeels #myheart #sharingiscaring #openheart #goodwork #roomforgirls #nepalcharity #helpbuildhope #themorewegettogether
To live each new day is to go where no one has ever gone before. Be kind to yourself ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #artisticjourney #artstory #newpaths #newstories #canadianmade #artandlife #creativeprocesses #selflovematters #livewellbewell #mixedmediaartists #shepaints #paintingagain #contemporaryartcollectors #contemporaryartcurators #intuitiveartist #yegartist #yvrartist #emergingabstractartists #madeincanada🇨🇦 #paintingfromtheheart #lifeofartists #naturalartwork
I have long made the mistake of sharing my thoughts too soon. I have long ignored them as they rushed out the door from point a to point z, cramming in as many things as they could along the way. My thoughts thought their role was to share themselves. They thought that in so doing, the whole person who gave them form would be given form. But they are undulations. They shimmer like heatwaves on an ocean of sand. I stand with my mouth closed for a longer moment to notice them. I hold them. Now I can see, that is all they ever wanted: to be held. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #rumi #whoami #thoughtoftheday #thoughts #thoughttraffic #happytuesday #instajourney #creativejourney #creativelife #thismoment #keepyourthoughts #theartistslife #artandlife #contemplativeartist #thoughtlife #poetry #tinypoems #yvrartist #whoami #artandpoetry #kunst #arte #arteveryday
“When You Can’t Tell The Forest From The Trees” Acrylic on wood panel 16 x 16 For sale! DM for info 😃 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #artandstory #westcoastartist #emergingartist #contemporaryart #shepaints #keeppainting #contemplativeart #intuitiveart #acrylicart #happymonday #wetpaint #paintingprocess #artistslife #westcoastartist #colorpop #colortheory #interior #artlovers #artoninstagram #kunst #canadianart #canadianartist #paintingtoday #yegart #yegartist #yvrartist #yvrart #artcollectors #artistsontherise #brightart
How is #yegartwalk only one month away? This is an art fair close to my heart. It was there that I showed my work for the first time at the age of 16. I was so shy I needed coaching to look at and talk to the people buying my work. Since then I have participated in over 40 shows! But I still get a little nervous every time. I suppose there are some things you never grow out of. . . . . . . . . . #everydayart #studioshot #artistslife #yegart #yegartist #emergingartist #canadianartist #kunst #allthefeels #newartwork #acrylicartwork #yvrartist #abstractart #abstractartwork #artshow #keeppainting #shepaints #artjourney #vulnerability #originalartwork #girlswhopaint
“The quest into creativity is a journey into the heart and soul—a journey in a land filled with wonders and strange obstacles, the land of your dreamworld and it’s passionate and disguised wisdom. It is a place of playfulness, spontaneity, and spirit.” -Michele Cassou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mixedmediaart #playfulpink #happysaturday #yvrartist #yegartist #canadianartist #emergingartist #artistmama #mycteativejourney #keeppainting #shepaints #paintmixing #thoughtoftheday #creativelife #creativeprocess #processart #getcreative #artlovers #artofvisual #inspiration #intuitiveart #openheart #lifeandart #westcoastartist
Have you ever been captivated by timely words? I participate in the Christian faith, and seek to do so with “eyes wide open” or as I like to say, with my Thinking Cap on. I don’t often bring this up on IG (if you are on my Facebook, you are subjected to more talk of this nature, sorry!). Anyways, back to timely words, or in Christianese, prophecy. Once I was being prayed for. The lady only knew I was an artist, otherwise she knew nothing about me or my life. She had just met me seconds before. She closed her eyes. She said “I see sunshine and rain in the same painting.” It sounds so normal right? But it was powerful for me. I was raised in Edmonton, and I live in Vancouver. Edmonton represents sunshine to me. Vancouver, rain (both are stereotypical I know). But it also represents permission to laugh and also cry. Permission to have hope and to not be ignorant of red flags. Permission to have faith while simultaneously doubting everything (including reality itself 😂). Permission to aim for perfection while admitting regular and debilitating failure. Sunshine and rain in the same painting. I am not there yet, not quite yet able to put a picture to all these big feelings. But it’s worth the journey, heading there. And I want to shout out to all who wish to coexist in peace and continue dialogue with me regardless of my faith background or how it differs from your experience. To those of us who talk at length. Thank you a million. It helps me see so much farther than I could ever see on my own ❤️. #letskeeptalking #somuchtolearnsolittletime . . . . . . . . . #letskeeptalking #keepaskingquestions #keeploving #sunshineandrain #keeppainting #keepitreal #faithjourney #happyandsad #thoughtoftheday #respectfuldialogue #acrylicpaint #abstractpainting #livingtheconfusion #askingquestions #amtrying #shepaints #newartwork #artcollector #allthefeels #sorrynotsorry #spiritlead #contemplativeartist #yegartist #yvrartist #emergingartist #kunst #arte #boss #flamingabstracts
More cocoa influenced work. My kids want to call this one cocoa river! By the way, I have just discovered @sashaduerr and her amazing exploration with natural colour. Eventually, I’d like to avoid using products that go into our water system. This is my place to start. I can’t shake the feeling that micro plastics from acrylic paint also find their way into our oceans. Today I went to the thrift store searching for old canvases to recover. My goal: help the planet and my wallet 🌎 💪 ☀️ 🍃 . . . . . . . . . #abstractartist #paintingagain #chocolateart #conte #quickcolorstudy #studiotime #paintpaintpaint #keeppainting #shepaints #happyartistslife #experiment #exploretocreate #makesomething #yegartist #yvrartist #mixedmedia #artistlife #artforlife #ecofriendlyart #reuse #muse #canadianartist #keepitreal #flamingabstracts #naturalcolor #kunst #arte #funwithpaint #funwithpaints🎨 #westocastartist
A little afternoon fun in the kitchen resulted in a mini series of mixed media pieces with charcoal, pastel and cocoa powder 😃 . . . . . . . . . . . . . #creativityfound #swoon #colorlove #keeppainting #moxedmedia #artexperents #creativelife #mycreativejourney #miniseries #artistmom #coloradical #colorcolor #colorstory #abstractartofig #yegartist #yvrartist #westcoastartist #emergingartist #makeamark #pinkandwhite #kunst #arte #artlife #artistlife #storytellingart #mycreativejourney
This is how we colour mix! Last year about this time I selected some great colours from paint store sample cards, mixed them up with acrylic paints, and kept them in old yogurt containers. They needed to be replenished a few times throughout the year but overall it was way easier than mixing colours each time I painted. Of course I still blend a bit here and there but I find this such an easy solution. Now I use acrylic as the underpainting and oil on top, but I digress. I like to use those old 4 dip containers. As an added bonus, it gives me a chance to sample some tasty hummus and spinach dip 😆 #perksofthejob. Do you have any painting hacks? Let me know 😃 . . . . . . . . . . . . #artisticfamily #artsyfam #yegartist #emergingartist #howwedoit #paintingtogether #acrylicart #paintmixing #studiotime #creativelife #creativejourney #creativemess #arte #kunst #littleartist #colourstudy #keeppainting #helpers #doitfortheprocessart #acrylicart #canadianartist #creativecommunity #westcoastartist #artlovers #canadianart #contemporaryartist #contemplativeartist #artistmom #momartist
If you don’t have as many followers as you’d like; if you got yet another rejection, or worse yet, no response at all; if you wonder if anyone would notice if you stopped painting or making or creating all together; if you aren’t sure how much more money you should spend on supplies, you aren’t alone. We’ve all been there. Just think: they say to dance like nobody’s watching. It’s a heck of a lot easier to dance like nobody’s watching when nobody’s watching. Don’t stop. Keep doing what you love, what gets you up in the morning, what makes you smile. Get creative with a small budget. Scavenge. Use old materials. Make your mark with the small items in your basement that help you reduce the energy taken from our beautiful planet. Take something broken and fix it. Keep painting. Keep creating. Not because anyone cares, not because the end result is immediately cohesive or beautiful. Not because it will make you rich or even make even, just because it’s a beautiful way to say thanks for the breath in your lungs. These are the stories I sing over myself ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ . . . . . . . . . #creativelife #creativepractice #makesomething #keepgoing #keeppainting #somrtjongbeautiful #thrifty #newstory #notbeautifulyet #creativeheart #wildheart #yegartist #dontgiveup #rejectionletters #acrylicpaint #painterslive #kunst #dance #arte #artistmom #artisticfamily #yvrartist #emergingartist #uglyart #intuitiveart #paintmixing #amtrying #keepitreal
Step 1: receive a new opportunity to exhibit in a retail space in Vancouver Step 2: begin madly researching 3 trillion Pinterest ideas for pop up displays Step 3: experience an existential crisis when you realize even the most simple looking shelf requires planning, measuring, budgeting, sawing, pounding, and possibly sanding and painting, if you survive to that point. Step 4: ask for help in a “let’s do this together! It could be fun!” Kind of chipper way, even though you both know that “we” means that I will be standing by giving high fives and moral support. Step 6: start brainstorming some practical solutions together on a fancy trip to the hardware store Step 7: crates crates crates! Does anyone else feel like designing the display is the hardest part of the art making process? Design and I are not always on the best of terms, but over the years I have learned that there is no such thing as good art without the element of design. Maybe designers would say the same thing about the role of the arts in the design process 🤷‍♀️? I wouldn’t know because this girl is all artist and very novice designer. But I do have mad respect for the people who can imagine how everything should fit together and just go for it. Wow! Mad props! . . . . . . . #artisticjourney #everydayadventures #alittlehelpfrommyfriends #design #artdisplay #hardatwork #artlovers #creativelife #creativecommunity #fortheloveofart #mybeautifulmess #westcoastartist #newopportunity #doitfortheprocessart #designessentials #creativeprocess #helpers #artisticfamily #workshop #keepmakingart #artistslife #artistsprocess #makesomething
I had such a great weekend in Calgary. Thanks to everyone who came out to #marketcollective. I am so greatful to have connected with more beautiful souls too ❤️ thanks to my sweet sister @heidigriffin for hosting me and the littles. . . . . . . . . #canadianart #arteveryday #everydayartist #pleasedtomeetya #happyartist #handmade #newart #artshow #artforsale #artcollectors #newadventure #yyc #keeppainting #dowhatyoulove #newfriends #cheers #abstractart #artistmom #coool #calgary #calgaryart #localart #sheexplores #acrylicart #bosslady #colorsfordays
It’s been a day! I’m all ready for you #marketcollective 😊 see you tomorrow! . . . . . . . . . . #artshow #artsy #artsale #artforsale #abstractart #artdisplay #intuitiveart #emergingartist #dowhatyouwant #ladyboss #studentoflife #newart #artshow #arte #kunst #artcollectorsofig #artcollectors #colorlover #keeppainting #doitfortheprocessart
#marketcollective this weekend in Calgary and touch ups are happening. Calgary is the city where I was born, left as a wee tot, like a salmon I returned as an adult to spawn. However, I have never done a show on this land. I could say so much about this city, but suffice I would say that this weekend feels like a time when old memories of this place will blend into new memories for the future. There is nothing quite like meeting a City through the warm smiles and memorable conversations of her art collectors ❤️ 🎨 🙏 😃 . . . . . . . . . . #yyc #newday #calgaryborn #emergingartist #canadianartist #touchups #wetpaint #artforsale #artsale #kunst #arte #happythursday #workofheart #keeppainting #newmemories #interior #originalart #dowhatyoulove #doitfortheprocess #mycreativejourney #artistic #artlovers #artcollectorsofig