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How to work through a creative rut as an artist- 5 tips

In my lifetime of creating art and my 5 year of business I have become good friends with the “creative rut.” Those dry seasons as an artist when the creativity feels harder to come by or your ideas just feel not in alignment with some part of yourself. When I feel like I’m creatively stuck I found these 5 tips helpful to get the juices flowing and find new inspiration.

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Your workspace needs this... meet Canvas (more than a desk lamp!)

Do you hate having a cluttered workspace, a million “tools” spread about? That was the problem I felt like I was constantly battling in the studio. That was all before I was introduced to CANVAS… I know you might be thinking “I know what a canvas is” but this is not a piece of fabric. This is a stunning minimalist workspace lamp that will replace studio lights for overhead film making, a tripod for your camera and the terrible issue of desk clutter!

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Monthly Art Wall Planners

Monthly planning just got way cuter because I’ve added two brand new large scale wall calendar to the shop! They have beautiful artwork as well as space to write down all the important details for the month, plus space to mark of tasks, top priorities and goals. Lot’s of thought and planning went into the layout of the monthly calendar, it was designed so when you pop it into a frame and then it becomes a reusable dry erase calendar!

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New Abstract Paintings

Releasing new paintings always gives me all the feelings. Anxious, excited, relieved. These new original paintings are bright, colorful and full of a new energy I’m still slowly digesting. I’ve learned that this is kinda the process I go through each time I wrap up a series of paintings

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The 2022 Calendar is here!

This might be my favorite time of year, because it’s the moment I get to announce the release of the annual KC Calendar! I might be a little bias but I think they just keep getting better and this years 2022 calendar is ticking all the boxes for me. I had so much fun asking your opinions over on instagram about

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Notes from the Studio... New Water Paintings!

I feel like it's been forever since I did a proper studio update for you guys! Now that I'm well on my way with this new collection of paintings I thought it was the perfect time to spill the beans about what all has been happening over the past few weeks & months

The idea of revisiting some WATER paintings has been stirring around inside for a while. Sometimes inspiration

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Birth Month Illustrations, Floral Family Portraits + Custom Wedding/Bouquet drawings

I recently became introduced to “birth month flowers,” I had no idea this was a thing and when I found out I was shocked because they are such a beautiful and personalized way to celebrate the month you were born. Once I found out my mind was buzzing with a million new ideas that I couldn’t just settle on one…

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My first paintings of 2021 - "A Soul's Response"

I’ve been slow to share the new paintings I have been working on, they have felt so personal and the process wasn’t something I was quite ready to share until now. It’s been a slow, thoughtful process of painting, reflecting, feeling all the things and during each studio time a simple thought kept coming to mind.

the phrase “A Souls Response”

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Introducing The Field Collection

Fields have always held a bit of magic for me, the way the grass dances in the wind, the little creatures that call it home & how it automatically shifts with the seasons. I’ve been thinking about all of these things while working on this small collection of paintings. These Field paintings have been such a sweet process as I've slowed down,

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Announcing the By the Bay series!

These paintings were inspired by a quick trip down to sit by the bay. The ocean has always been a place of peace for me, so as I sat journaling my thoughts my pen lead me to sketch out the shore, the boats, the freedom that that place brings. I quietly worked on these paintings just for myself as a place to reset...

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Part 1: The 2020 Abstract Collection, unpacking what these paintings mean during this crisis

I sit here typing these words over a month after the launch of my most recent original artwork launch. Between Covid-19 and quarantine and a million thoughts in between these past few months have been an emotional rollercoaster and in all honestly, just a bit of a blur, but the thing helping me keep track of time is the artwork that keep being made in the studio

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the Land & Sea Collection

This new series of original paintings were each inspired by some of my adventures this past year. Each painting is paired with it’s own personal story of where it came from like this one…

“I remember this morning perfectly. The 4:30am wake up call was 100% worth it as we headed out into the open waters.

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