be brave

my 16 year old little brother andrew and his friend since birth, will, visited us from maine last week! what a blast! thanks guys!they are 6 feet tall now and have no fear with the rides in santa cruz… i joined them for a rickety ride on a roller coaster and...

besos a la manzana grande

i miss you big apple.highlights: running in the soaking rain with my mom all over chelsea (dragging her to galleries and she feigned interest, thank you for that!), sushi samba… brazilian & japanese fusion, oh my!, wandering brooklyn looking at jewelry with...

gratitude: NYC & 1st class

hello!i’m up at the crack of dawn on a saturday morn… so un-mati like, making calls to NYC for appointments to try on wedding dresses! yes, i leave sunday night for a week in NYC to meet up with 2 of my best friends and my mom… part of which will be...

starting points:: re-inventing:: to beauty

hello out there,i have been thinking a lot about the creative process… of getting dressed in the morning and of painting.i think it is hard to start with a pristine canvas or birthday suit. once you have a starting point, like a found photo placed on canvas or a...

grateful::community & collaboration

hello friends,i’m about a once a week blogger as of late! today i am most grateful for this community of artists and friends i’ve built personally, and that we are all part of with the incredible networking of bloglandia. other things A-Z order i’m...

grateful friday

i used to write lists of gratefulness on fridays… and want to start this habit again. here are some random smatterings of gratitude past.*today i am grateful for art in the mail and how it greatly improves my mood. saturday i came home after a cranky day of...