Post full of goodies

Once again, the wonderful New End Studio has been more than gracious. She wrote up a terrific post about my giveaway, and shared all the goodies I sent along with it. :)

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Art of the day

My portrait Morgan with the Poison Gaze is being highlighted on EBSQ's Art of the Day!

Still time to enter my giveaway!

There is still time, and a REALLY good chance for you to enter and win this really fun little matchbox! :) Its such a tiny mystery, and one of those treasures that you keep just for yourself.

Just click the link below to enter:

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Woohoo for ARTrepreneur!

I am so excited about this new membership site by the fantastic April Bowles-Olin from Blacksburg Belle.

In the site, you’ll find interviews with experts, classes that’ll rock your socks, professional photography tips, online shop critiques, creative tutorials, a book club—and that doesn’t even include the bonuses.

If you want the details, you can find them here. <-- click

Oh, and April loves the month April—for obvious reasons—so everyone who signs up for ARTrepreneur in the month of April will also get access to her Inspired Blogging for Creative Entrepreneurs program {$397 value!}.

I've already started the blogging class, and I'm finding terrific gems that I really hope will make this blog an even better reading experience for you! April's content is so approachable, motivating, and inherently practical. I can hardly wait to see what she will have available for us in the months to come.

FYI, I’m an affiliate for this membership site, so I do make a little money if you use my link to sign up. But, I would encourage you to check it out even if I wasn’t an affiliate, because it’s just that good.

Lovelorn Poets

I was thrilled to learn that my painting Toy Bird Dreams was featured on Lovelorn Poets!

The website spotlights three of their favorite Missed Connections including poetry, love letters, messages of regret, thank you notes, and other random effluvia.

Its a really fun site, and a terrific platform for art, poetry and the human dynamic.

Art giveaway!

The Secret Keeper
This is a mixed media piece measuring roughly 2" x 1.5" x .5"
A whimsical matchbox collaged and painted. Open the box and you find a mini treasure trove of found objects encased in resin.

I'm having my first giveaway! This fun little matchbox could be yours - just pop on over to Giveaway Blogdom to enter. All current and new followers are eligible!

Imaginative Bloom

How exciting!  Wallflower was just featured on Imaginative Bloom! Talk about making my day. :D

Of routines and treasuries

if i could say it in words there would be no reason to paint... - etsy treasury

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Yay - I've been included in two treasuries today! I've been working overtime to connect more thoroughly with other artists online, and feel like this is a first sign of success.

In that light, I'm really trying to hash out an art routine that fits into the rest of my life. This is turning out to be a lot more complicated than it sounds. How many hours a day do I spend on painting? How many do I spend on the business side? I tend to go feast or famine (currently in the overdoing it stage), but I really want some kind of middle road so that I don't burn out over time and neglect my other responsibilities.

I've been goaling to paint 2 hours a day, but have been working closer to 5 hours a day. Of course, I'm spending another 5 hours working on my blog, twitter, networking with other artists, prepping prints, and a whole lot more.

This makes me hugely curious about the habits of other artists. How much time do others spend creating versus building the business?


Longing for Ocean - etsy treasury

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Art Journal and EBSQ

I had a lot of fun with this little collage, and played with it again on Jennybean's art fair book. (I'll post those images tomorrow)

I started a new painting in my series entitled Surviving Hope, that began with my nest self portrait. I'm very excited with the direction this series is taking!! I hope to have the basics of the imagery down soon so that I can post WIPs.

I also updated my EBSQ Portfolio and entered the EBSQ Anatomy Show yesterday.


I downloaded the trial version of Working Artist to follow my work and the sales. Its not very pretty, but I'm hoping that it will be intuitive and robust enough to handle the detail I want to keep track of. I'll let you know what I think of it as I put it to use.