Fear and uncertainty seem to be surrounding us. And with no end in site, it’s easy to get caught in the net of our collective fear, going down doomsday rabbit holes, reading article after article about what is happening and not happening, and how much worse it’s likely to get. Yet in the middle of … Keep reading…
For the past 6+ months, I’ve had a major case of “artist’s block”. This is what inspired my journey through The Artist’s Way last October (more on this here, here and here), where I committed to extensive self-exploration for 12+ weeks, including daily morning pages (151 consecutive days, so far) and weekly artists dates. And … 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…
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…
I spent the first 4 months as a full time artist learning how to navigate this new unstructured territory. Before I quit my job in January, I had a LONG list of what I wanted to accomplish with my art biz, and envisioned it would be easy to tackle everything on my list with so … Keep reading…
22 blessed days until I no longer have a day job. My heart is wide open and glowing as I type these words. Yet here’s the bigger truth. I have ALWAYS been free. I was free to stay in a day job for 12 years, even when my heart longed to do art full time, … Keep reading…
When I started creating art 24 years ago, I choose collage as my medium because I could not draw. Who can not tear up magazines and put them back together, right!? I fully explored this art form, found a unique expression through 3D collage and had a successful run selling my 3D collages. Life eventually … Keep reading…