Creative community through sustainable art

I recently had work displaying as part of a group Book Arts Exhibition through Quad City Arts. Now that the work is complete and I’ve managed to miss every other major exhibition deadline, I felt like this would be a good time to post the finished work *laughs*. For hi-resolution imagery (and an effort to…
I looked at the first blog post I wrote about the beginning of this project and realized with surprise that it was nearly 6 months ago. Time flies when you’re having fun I suppose. Below is the finished animation of my pet-project-turned-mild-obsession I Am Building A Forest. I Am Building A Forest will be part…
It’s 3 am. I’m wide awake in my studio, finally slowing down a bit. I started a new project. 😀 I am building a forest. A continuation of my Illustration work (I think.) Remember this? 🙂 Take papercut ink drawings. Insert found objects, old book pages, yellowed paper. Make it 3d. Put it on a…
Another papercut collage. Inspired by: tromping in the woods, building forts, finding mushrooms, wild imaginations, and plant life cycles. Media: micron pens, brush/ink, markers, tracing paper, acrylic paint. Part of the upcoming Rock.Paper.Scissors. show. This original artwork has been sold. Check more of my papercut work in my Etsy shop. Looking for more inspiration? Check out…
Another papercut collage. Inspired by: Sea-life, the ocean, growth, travel, and navigation. Media: micron pens, brush/ink, collage, markers. Part of the upcoming Rock.Paper.Scissors. show. Invite yourself here. <3
Pardon the momentary lack of posting! Spring break is over. Literally over, today is my last day and tomorrow begins the mad dash to the end of the semester. I wasn’t nearly as productive as I needed to be over break, but hey, who is? It’s finally starting to warm up! (Although cloudy, boo! X()…
The second piece  in my tentatively-titled “Moments” series. The title is almost there. I’m getting sooo close, I can feel it! Coming soon This one has a few more layers of depth than the previous piece, Memory(stream)flows. 😀 Inspiration: Memories- how they shift with time, are fragile, fleeting, dream-like, simultaneous and shifty. Perspective-how everyone’s is unique,…
Finally. Some Finished Work. From the tentatively titled “Moments” series. Titles in debate for this body of work: Moments: In Living Image, Moments in Reverie, Moments in Image, or Moments: A Translucent Journey. Ugh. I need to pick one…(So bad with titles! Memory(stream)flows Feedback.Greatly.Appreciated! I’ve been working on this a great while. Please tell me what you think. Do…
Another continuation of my travel moleskine sketchbook that I took throughout Key West, The Bahamas, and a few other places. There was this network of rusty, algae-covered pipes with other equally-icky looking cords running underneath of the front porch of the floating house we were staying on in Key West. I would find myself staring…