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Happy New Year and 2022 year in review

Happy New Year! 2023 is here and I’m off and running (literally and figuratively).

Good things happened in 2022. Thank you so much for your support during the last year. Thank you for reading my writing, following me on Facebook and Instagram, sending me kind messages, buying my work, and sharing my work with your friends and family… all of it helps keep me motivated and supports my artistic practice. Here are some of the things your support made possible in 2022:

I received a NC Arts Council Support Grant to study encaustic painting. I finally got to use this mysterious medium I’d wanted to try for years.

UNC School of the Arts offered me a visiting professor position for the 2022-2023 school year, and I’ve been having a blast teaching in the School of Film.

I exhibited at Charlotte Russell Contemporary Gallery in Raleigh, NC.

My work was featured on New South Finds.

My work was featured in Forsyth Woman.

I finally made the leap back into figuration that I’d been thinking about for so long, and am developing a new body of work combining people and abstraction.

And personally:

I had a chance to travel back to France to hike and spend time with my family there last summer – the first time since Covid.

I successfully ran my first trail marathon at Pilot Mountain, NC. (I’m now training for this year’s race coming in February.)

I took my son on his first backpacking trip in the Greyson Highlands and the Appalachian Trail. There may have been a few tears, but he is hooked and we’ve been back out there again.

Thank you for helping make all of this possible! 2023 is going to be a great year.

abstract landscape paintings on wall
Pilot Mountain 1 and 7, each 20×20 on wood panel

 

Happy New Year and 2020 year in review

Happy New Year! 2021 is off to a good start… I’ve had a chance to get a couple of rides and runs in, and I’m ready to get this party started.

2020 was my second year of running a small business, and while this had its challenges, it turned out to be a good year for me and my family. Thank you so much for your support during the last year. Thank you for reading my writing, following me on Facebook and Instagram, sending me kind messages, buying my work, and sharing my work with your friends and family… all of it helps keep me motivated and supports my artistic practice. Here are some of the things your support made possible in 2020:

My work was selected to be shown in the Prism small group exhibition at Gallery C3 in Charlotte  at the beginning of the year.

I made some wellness videos in the spring. When COVID hit the US and lockdowns started, I wanted to share ways to relax and re-center yourself with yoga, drawing and watercolor.

Since I wasn’t able to teach in person, I created my first online course Little Watercolor Square. I learned a lot about the process and really enjoyed it. Thankfully I ended up doing more online teaching and coaching this year, and that has allowed me to reach more people and help more artists improve their skills and find their voices.

ArtPop Street gallery awarded me a billboard with my work on it! Thank you ArtPop Street Gallery, Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, and Lamar Advertising for making this possible.

I won a placement of my work at PTI airport for a year starting in July. This led to my first five-figure sale of a single painting.

Innovation Quarter commissioned me to paint a mural along the Long Branch trail in Winston-Salem this summer. That mural was featured on the front page of the Winston-Salem Journal and I was interviewed about the painting process with WXLV, our local abc station.

The podcast Terrific Tips for Business invited me on for a conversation about running a business as an artist amidst a year of craziness.

My solo exhibition Hold us in the light opened at Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art in November, featuring paintings I made this year. You can see it till mid February.

I donated a portion of my sales to Yadkin Riverkeeper, Second Harvest Food bank and the NAACP. Teaming up with local nonprofits and being able to help in a meaningful way has been one of my favorite parts of running my own business.

Thank you for helping make all of this possible! Let’s make 2021 a great year.

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