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Winter is the Perfect Time for Creative Fun: Book Your Art Sessions Now! Winter is the perfect time to gather friends and family for creative fun. I’m excited to announce that I am now taking bookings for December, January, and February. Whether you want a cozy paint night at home or another client provided location , planning ahead ensures you get the best time slot for your group. In this post, I’ll share everything you need to know about booking your winter art sessions,

Planning a retreat in Maine offers a unique chance to enjoy stunning landscapes, vibrant art scenes, and a variety of outdoor activities. Whether you seek a peaceful yoga retreat, an inspiring art experience, or an adventurous outdoor getaway, Maine has something special to offer. For now, I am booking retreats exclusively in Maine, ensuring a personalized and custom experience tailored to your needs. Here’s everything you need to know to book your perfect Maine escape. Peace

In Into the Unseen , light becomes a storyteller—shifting from pure white to ultraviolet glow to total darkness, revealing hidden layers within each painting. What appears, disappears. What is seen, transforms. What is unseen, awakens. This Mad Hatter is viewed under black light in the photo above. A little sneak peak for what is to come. I will be having a show in February at The Common Gallery in Presque Isle Maine, with the opening being during the First Friday Art Walk. I

Get insights on how to price your artwork for different platforms and events, and effective ways to promote your pieces to reach a wider audience. As artists it can be very hard to assign prices for your artwork. There are many calculators and equations out there to help you, however they don't all take into consideration: 1) Where you live/sell your art. 2) How much can the majority of the population afford. 3) Have you gained your audience/following/how visible you are. One

Explore strategies to overcome the fear and anxiety of putting your art out into the world. This is the Mural I got commissioned to do after putting myself out there. Story is detailed below. It is one thing to create and enjoy your own work, and another to put you and your art out there. It can be nerve wracking and scary. The fear of rejection and miss-interpretation is defiantly strong in the start. I do not think the fears ever go away but they do lessen. I recommend sta

Explore how I as an artists have faced and conquered creative blocks, turning challenges into opportunities for growth. I have struggled with art and writers block many times over almost my entire life. There have been many ways I have pulled myself out of it. Of course the longer the creative block, the harder it is to get out of. Through elementary and high school I wrote poetry and competed in writing competitions. Writing was my outlet for life struggles, frustrations and

Find out what I have done to maintain motivation and balance the highs and lows of my creative journey, ensuring that challenges don't overshadow my wins. When you hit challenges and road blocks it can be very hard to find the energy to push through and even when you come out on the other side the exhaustion can get in the way of seeing and feeling your wins. There are a few things that I have started doing that help me with keeping my energy and motivation through highs and

This is the third post in the Challenges and Roadblocks series. Weather has been a challenge with event turnout. I have noticed that in the spring and summer months, if the weather is nice, less people will show up or book for an indoor painting event. If the weather is overcast or rainy, I will have a better turnout. This is understandable, everyone wants to be outside when it is nice out. The fall and winter months are the best months for turnout for me both for public pain

Post two in the Challenges and Roadblocks series. One of the biggest challenges/roadblocks I have face in the last almost 2 years are having other events happening on the same day as my events. To be fair when I started out I was only looking at my availability and not at what else what happening in the area. I tend to schedule 3 months at a time and in that timeframe more events in the area may be scheduled after I have my events scheduled. This is hard to avoid. What I have

This is the first blog in a series discussing challenges and roadblocks with my personal art and events. I have now been doing private and public painting/crafting and other events for almost 2 years. In this time I have found 3 major roadblocks in getting the bookings I would like. 1) Visibility/Reach/Advertising 2) Scheduling conflicts with other local events 3) Weather In this post I will talk about what I have learned surrounding visibility, reach, advertising. When I fir