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More Colour, Less Accuracy (May’s Painted Post)

Near the end of the Kepler ridgeline, there’s a spot that made me stop. I took a photo, knowing full well it wouldn’t do it justice — but I wanted to try. The whole track is like that. One incredib...

How a Hike Turned Into a Painting Practice

I didn’t start hiking because of my art. I’d never really considered it much, until a friend from Germany came to visit and mentioned she was doing the Routeburn. She asked if I wanted to join. At ...

Not everything needs to be a collection

I’ve been working in collections for a while now. And while I like the structure, it helps narrow things down so I’m not overwhelmed. I've also started to miss the freedom of painting whatever I wa...

Making Space for Unfinished Work

Making space for unfinished work (and letting it stay that way) Sketchbooks are my happy place. They’re messy, full of bad art, half-baked ideas, and trails of nonsense notes. They’re where ideas l...

When a Painting Doesn’t Sell Right Away

Some paintings take their time—and sometimes, that’s part of the story. For a while, that used to bother me. When a piece sat in the studio too long, it felt like maybe it wasn’t good enough. You p...

The Work Beneath the Work

Lately, the small pockets of creative time I’ve had haven’t led to anything big or amazing. No sudden breakthroughs, no clear vision of the next thing I’m meant to create. Just quiet bits of time s...

A Peek Inside the First Painted Post

The first edition of The Painted Post went out at the end of March - sealed, stamped, and sent off into the world. I didn’t overthink it. Just packed them up, dropped them at the post shop, and hop...

Introducing The Painted Post: A Monthly Letter + Print, Mailed With Care

After the blur of 2024, I found myself wanting to slow things down a bit. More time for small, meaningful things. Less screen time. Fewer rushed decisions. Somewhere in the middle of all that, The ...

Sketches & Slow Living Through Art

Some of my favorite ideas don’t come when I’m sitting down to paint. They show up in the in-between moments—the quick scribbles in my sketchbook, the color tests on the side of the page, the ideas ...

Weeks 1-3 of The Artist’s Way

Weeks 1-3 of The Artist’s Way I first picked up Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way back in 2021. I had every intention of seeing it through, but life happened, and it ended up on a shelf gathering d...