"By the time I finished I could think again." Painting as Anxiety Management I have high functioning anxiety. It's rooted in PTSD from experiences I've written about elsewhere and won't repeat here. What matters for this post is what I've found that works. Painting works. Not in a vague wellness way. Specifically and mechanically. When my nervous system is dysregulated, when the anxiety is running and the thoughts are circular and nothing is resolving, picking up a brush forc

This morning I sit here grateful for the routine of my day job. I find my schedule thrown right out the window again. A family shake up,...

As I fly away from Florence I always get the same feeling. The longing of wanting to be at school full time, the comradery of working with

Full disclaimer my first public art showing was not what I was expecting when I applied for this show.

I think the hardest part about being a self taught artist is knowing what you don't know you don't know. (yes I know a double negative 😬😂)