Month: February 2025
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Read a post where an artist said that they weren’t a perfectionist because they weren’t high achieving, were impatient, and not competitive. I don’t want to police anyone else’s view of themselves but can say from personal experience that perfectionism doesn’t need to have any of the things above to be true. Perfectionism can be…
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The other day a friend referred to something they devote a lot of time, energy, skill, and heart to as a hobby. I didn’t say anything in the moment but it struck me as wrong. This is something they are passionate about and have spent years working on but it isn’t how they earn an…
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I was thinking about these small watercolour imagined landscapes I made a few years ago and that they might make an interesting zine or chapbook. UPDATE: I made this book! Imaginary Landscapes https://ko-fi.com/s/e4e66e26a6
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This is the twentieth panel in my Openwork series. There is a rhythm and pattern in making these that feels good to me. Not that I don’t struggle when making them since there are points of discomfort in making each one. But discomfort in art making isn’t necessarily a sign of success or failure.
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A Saturday morning drawing continuing my Openwork series. Most of my recent work is done on this slab of particle board that I got for free at a local art club sale. I enjoy the layers of pint that have accumulated around the square ratio of these Masonite panel drawings.
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Many years ago, one of several art practices I had was placing these simple stickers around the city in a variety of locations. They were small and probably mostly got ignored given the layers upon layers of visual information encountered daily in a city life. But my intent was a simple one. That anyone who…
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Thinking about the things we call “hobbies” and how that term is used to diminish what are in some cases those things that truly fill us and let us connect with ourselves. Where we find joy, play, discovery, and connection should be the core of our lives despite how it connects to success or money.
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Thinking about zines and artist publishing in general so I pulled out this unreleased book of photography I made in 2013. This was based on a 2009 trip we took to Barbados and Dominica where my partner Gayla was exploring her heritage. I’m pretty proud of these photos and also how they came together in…
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Artists’ lives are just plain human lives. Making breakfast and coffee. Caring for pets or children. Going to work. Watching TV and reading books. There’s nothing special. But there is a choice to see and hear and feel and to make something from that that is for ourselves but also for other people. There is…