A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MOI.

It’s been a beautiful mess all along the way…

When I was a kid, I took permanent markers and decorated my parent's piano keys, found ways to paint anything on anything, and even sold paintings door to door in my neighborhood as a first grader. Thank you Mrs. Pfister for actually buying one.

But art, and being an artist in some form has always been in my veins. It is soothing, it is therapeutic, and it's my happy place. 

I've studied and trained in different forms all of my life. From a studio in Iowa to warehouses in Minneapolis, to the canals of Venice (I was actually interviewed for the Venice news and to this date still have no clue what was said), to the countryside in Aix-En-Provence, France (with my backpack and paints in tow). And have kept on learning through all of the life journeys across the globe ever since.

Well, as life sometimes does, what we love to do gets pushed aside. In my case, it was putting brush to paper or canvas, and my art.

Then, when I started my blog, Goldfish Kiss, back in 2010, I began to regularly sketch and paint again in a cool little watercolor book. As I posted more and more pics of pages and pieces, more and more people would ask if I sold my art if they could buy a print, or if they could commission me to do a painting for them. All of my formal training was in oils, but watercolor…it ended up being a perfect fit. For so many reasons. It’s always changing and hard to predict. Kind of like my life.

Then, after having my son, Levi, art-making became an even more sacred time, and it kind of took off. More emotion was put into each piece and less thinking. It was my at-home escape to places my heart longed to be or a feeling I wanted to recreate. Things got messy, much more colorful, and well, a helluva lot more fun. And I’m always finding ways to grow and evolve and learn about this tricky medium. Love when that happens.

So, thanks for supporting my love for art, and helping me get back to doing what I love.

I have to pinch myself knowing there are people all over the globe with pieces of my art in their homes or workplaces. Colorful messes I’ve painted on my desk, that's always changing locations, and thankfully is a great place to lay down some inspiration whenever life opens up some time for me to sit down and create.

Cheers to art, and embracing wherever it takes us.

And I forgot, thank you, Mrs. Watkins. I think you bought a painting when I sold them door to door too.