The first drawing memory I have is of the mountains of Honduras I did in color pencil when I was about 5 or 6. I vividly remember the array of greens and yellows that decorated my paper. I loved the land beneath my feet, sprouting out of the ground like magic beans and I still feel most at home outside within the trees.
One of my favorite projects of 2017 has been collaborating with poet and musician @eyesofapearl
I had the pleasure of translating her writing into illustrations.
2017 was a year full of new habits such as devoting more of my free time to big goals, like improving my writing skills, reading more, painting everyday whenever and surrounding myself with positive friends and artists that love making things.
Here’s a few pieces I finished during this busy 2017 year.
The cure for a creative block for me is:
1. Leaving the house
• This creates opportunities for new experiences that will influence the work in unexpected ways
2. Exploring a new place/more closely observing a familiar place
• Experiencing something new opens up space for new ideas and noticing something new in a familiar place strengthens observation skills that will develop a refined eye for things such as, seeing how light falls on a tree or how grass is made up of infinitely different greens.
3. Physical labor that benefits someone other than myself
• This tires the body and slows down a spinning wheel of thoughts and worries by putting them into perspective and in relation to the bigger picture of life and others’ lives.
A new painting I recently completed. I did experiential-research for this, so I exposed myself to the type of environment I was trying to illustrate and spent a lot of time sitting and walking through nature and staring at trees. Some of my inspiration is below.
Tomorrow new poster release in my Etsy store! Featuring ‘light-blue’ for the butterfly collection.
I worked diligently through trial and error to mix my perfect light-blue.
Taking a walk and letting everything be. To quote Deepak Chopra “The universe is as it should be, everything is as it should be.”
Taking the time to slow down leaves an open space for inspiration to spark a flame in my heart.
Reflections about the sun and solitude.
Thank you for the sun,
warming my feet outside these four walls.
Thank you for solitude,
the world around me comes to life when not a thought sits in my mind.
Thank you legs and feet. The unsung heroes of the day.
They pace, they dance and spin like a prima ballerina from love’s kiss.
They stand for hours at a time with tender heels,
even as the day’s end feels
nowhere near.
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