Thanksgiving is Thursday which means the holiday shopping season is practically here. If you are searching for incredible gifts for your friends and loved ones this season, I encourage you to skip the big box stores and shop SMALL and shop LOCAL. Wherever you are, seek out the small businesses in your area and purchase […]
Read more "Small Business Saturday"While I have been following the story of The Van Gogh House from the beginning, I finally had the opportunity to drive by the house myself this week. Located on a main thoroughfare in Mount Dora, FL, it has generated quite a bit of publicity with mentions on the Today show, The Washington Post, the […]
Read more "The Van Gogh House"My husband travels quite a bit for work and I often drop him off at the airport and pick him up when he returns. This makes me quite familiar with our area airport and I often lament not having my own designated parking space. With that familiarity comes an interesting observation – it has always […]
Read more "The Traveler"If you need a pick-me-up in these trying times, I highly recommend reading the book, How Art Can Make You Happy, especially if you are a creative type, an art lover or an art lover wannabe. This slim volume by Bridget Watson Payne is exploding with insightful observations on the power art has to make us simple […]
Read more "How Art Can Make You Happy"I cordially invite you to check out my most recent contribution to ArtScene Press – “Nick Cave FEAT. at the Orlando Museum of Art.” I am so honored to write about Nick Cave and his exhibition here in Central Florida as I believe it is a game changer for our local art community. Here’s a […]
Read more "Nick Cave FEAT. at the Orlando Museum of Art"Halloween 2018 was amazing and I am definitely bummed out coming down off that Halloween high. I feel like our set up this year went well, despite the fact that I had to simplify our theme (due to our crazy schedules) and recycle our costumes from two years ago. That being said, our homemade pumpkin […]
Read more "Our Pumpkin Patch"“Xenomorph” is a recent painting of mine that made its debut at the 9th Annual Dia de los Muertos & Monster Factory art show at City Arts Factory in Downtown Orlando, FL last week. For long-time readers of this blog, you know that I have set for myself a few parameters for creating art in […]
Read more "Xenomorph"THANK YOU to everyone who made it out to the 9th Annual Dia de los Muertos & Monster Factory event last week at City Arts Factory! It was so humbling to see my paintings hanging alongside such incredible works of art by fellow local artists. If you were not able to attend the festivities on […]
Read more "Thank You for a Spooktacular Event!"It is almost here… the biggest Halloween art party of the year! I am so grateful to have my work included in this show dedicated to all things Day of the Dead and monsters. As City Arts Factory’s largest and most popular annual event, this show gets better with every passing year. When you arrive, […]
Read more "It’s Almost Time…"My painting of Cortana, the Artificial Intelligence character from the HALO video game franchise, was included in the “Nerds in the City” 1st Thursdays event at the Orlando Museum of Art last week. This painting is important to me on a few levels. First, my husband and I love playing HALO in campaign mode. Recently, […]
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