The first six weeks through “The Artist’s Way” has felt like a warm blanket of self love and healing, with so much unexpected expansion and growth. Biggest learning so far? Before this 12-week journey began, my focus had been on creating “good”, inspiring, sellable art. After all, I wanted my full time income to come … Keep reading…
True confession – I’ve attempted to follow The Artist’s Way 12-week course for “recovering your creative self” two previous times, and never got past week one. Then I read an article about another artist’s journey through this process (who also couldn’t finish it previously), and suddenly I was inspired to give it another more try. … Keep reading…
I’ve wanted to “make it” as an artist for as long as I can remember. And even though it feels like I’ve “made it” in every other area of my life, I’ve never felt like I’ve reached this nebulous goal with art. Interestingly, 20 years ago I would have defined where I am now with … Keep reading…
“Fly higher” is ALMOST ready to fly August 20 at 9 am EST for newsletter subscribers (3pm for the rest of the world) Throughout this LONG process, I have repeatedly asked myself these questions. 1. WHY did I create these 22 collages? And a close cousin … What is the meaning behind each artwork, both … Keep reading…
WHAT? Yes, its true, but only the name @thehotelartist is gone, not me or my art. From now on, I will go by my real name on Instagram – @catrains.artist (ok, artist is not my part of my name, but I’m sure you get the idea!) This decision was a long time coming, and almost … Keep reading…
“Falling in love with what is waiting to be written” The process of choosing a title for each of my collage paintings is as sacred as creating the artwork itself. The process starts with collecting potential titles EVERYWHERE I go. Sometimes I scribble down a few words from an inspiring Instagram post. Other times I … Keep reading…
As many of you already know, a crook hacked into my Instagram account @thehotelartist on Wednesday, February 6, and completely took over my feed. For the next 6 hours, “he/she” proceeded to erase my account, including my 17.7k followers, 850+ posts, stories and highlights, all while I helplessly watched. The worst part is that they … Keep reading…
It is hard to believe that this time last year, I had just ended a 12 year corporate career, and was stepping joyfully into my new life as a full time artist. I didn’t realize then that 2018 would be focused on figuring out what kind of art I really wanted to create, and how … Keep reading…
Between December 2018 and May 2019, I’ll be giving away 12 original pieces of art. WHY? Great question, and one I’ve contemplated for many months as I planned my way back to selling art. Since quitting my day gig almost 12 months ago, I put my art biz on hold while I figured out WHAT … Keep reading…