Are you a new artist who is hesitant to put yourself out there and sell your work? Are you a longtime artist who wants to grow your sales? Up until a few weeks ago, I had solely been selling my work online but I just had my first in person sales experience and want to share five tips I learned that you can use to make this process more fulfilling and joyful. The first time I sold my work in person was an exhilarating and scary experience — but mostly exhilarating. As a new ar

Back in 1865, if you wanted to be a photographer, you needed to be patient, determined, and a bit crazy (not all that different from today, though for different reasons). As an artist and photographer, exploring new methods and mediums is an important part of the journey. So a few weeks ago I took a carbon printing workshop that, labeled an “alternative process” today, was simply the way photographers developed prints back in 1865 — I got to recreate the process, toxic cancer

To this day I still am drawn to the beauty of old barns (Switzerland 2018) I was 6 years old, riding in the back of my grandparents car I remember it vividly. It was a long navy blue Oldsmobile with a dark cloth interior. I was looking out the window on the right side of the car and we were driving down the winding backcountry roads in Wisconsin on a sunny summer day. My parents were born and raised there and my mom, brother, and I were headed to my grandparents house for a s