Getting Ready!
Here’s a look at some of the pieces currently in progress for my Firecat...
Get Your Work Mojo Back! How To Return to a Project After an Absence
Feeling uninspired? Have you lost your work momentum? No fears…it happens to everyone! Here are my best strategies for jumping back into the flow and reconnecting with work after an absence. Leave Off In A Good Spot My favorite strategy for painless re-entry...
How Creativity Works: Casey Searles On Sticky Notes, Audiobooks And The Power Of Homemade Soup
Casey Searles is one of those people you can’t help but love as soon as you meet her. A multi-disciplinary artist and actress, she is friendly and positive without being saccharine, and always kind enough to share her wise perspective when I’m feeling down about my...
Textures: Urban Nature
I managed to take a short break from studio work today (something I rarely do) and I went for a walk to collect texture photographs for some upcoming pieces I’ll be starting soon. The slideshow below has some of the images I found. I love that even in the urban...
Dreamscapes, Imagination And Weird Alien Planets
I have this tendency when I’m walking down a crowded street in Chicago, overloaded by the cacophony of angry car horns and screeching el train brakes, to mentally escape. While I wish I were more “be in the moment and meditate to the noise,” the...
Three Articles To Boost Your Creative Thinking
Two Things Experts Do Differently Than Non-Experts When Practicing “Expert performers aren’t necessarily smarter or more talented. Learn the two things they do when practicing a skill, that can maximize the efficiency of your practice time and be the difference...
Creative Block? Unstick Yourself With Six Easy Questions
Do you have a creative block? Are you stuck on a project and can’t seem to move forward? Give my flowchart a try to see if you can move yourself...
1,000 Degrees of Hell Fire!
Burning wood for one of the new pieces I’m making for my Firecat...About Me
I create burned wood engravings that combine my love of the textures and patterns found in nature with a deep interest in the unconscious world of dreams, symbols and mythic folklore.
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