WEST ELM'S MEET THE ARTISTS EVENT!

Excited to be a part of West Elm's Meet the Artists event! On Friday, November 4th from 6-8,  I will be hanging my art alongside these talented Atlanta artists: Ashley Hizer,  Courtney Pilgrim, Jessica Rollins.  You should come! It's free. They just ask that you RSVP. You can also enjoy free beer tastings from The Tap on Ponce.  Hope to see you next Friday!

MURAL MURAL ON THE WALL

Wow! What an honor it was to be commissioned to paint one of my floral patterns on the wall of a friend’s entryway. It was such an exciting and terrifying project. I was both intimidated and excited to jump right in. It is one thing to paint a painting on paper canvases that can moved around and put up and taken down, but it is a whole new endeavour to permanently paint upon someone’s walls.

Luckily the clients had seen a painting of mine that they really connected with, so I didn’t have to reinvent the wheel. This was a huge comfort because I was going to be painting something I was familiar with and using colors that I was comfortable with. The aspect I struggled with the most was trying to keep a sense of spontaneity that happens when I paint on paper. I don’t do any pre-planning as I love the process of just letting things flow and seeing what happens. I don’t mind making mistakes when painting on paper as it pushes me to come up with creative solutions that bring the painting to a place I don’t believe I would get to if I planned everything out. You don’t plan for accidents. I didn’t feel confident taking this free flowing process to the client’s walls, so I did take the time to plan and draw out the composition. I am very happy with the final result and I do feel that despite the planning, the mural does still emit a sense of spontaneity.

Here are some pictures of the process and the final result with their beautiful Great Dane for scale.  



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This pretty floral print is my Camilla design, part of the Gathering in the Garden collection with @cottonandsteel. Screen printed in Japan on high quality cotton, these cute florals are just one of several other prints with a sweet vintage vibe.
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