We get to unravel, sure—but only if we make it palatable. Pretty. Maybe even a little funny, as long as it’s packaged in a meme or softened by a smile. By midlife, we’ve become experts at falling apart politely, wrapped in grace and barely detectable discomfort. That’s the unspoken rule, isn’t it?? We’re told to […]
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Paving Your Own Path When It comes to Art and Collecting Lifeless, mass-produced sameness. What happened to art? Let’s be honest—most of what’s out there right now? It’s a snooze-fest. Neutral swirls. Safe subject matters. Beige-on-beige with a whiff of “inspired by driftwood.” Landscapes that could hang in Grandma’s living room. Vase-after-vase of polite little
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Joy in the Small, the Unexpected, and the Slightly Awkward After 7 days of this whole joy thing , it turns out, joy isn’t just in the obvious moments. It’s in textures you can’t resist touching, flowers blooming even when no one’s watching, and sending slightly unhinged memes to the right person. It’s in connection—the
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#JoyMonger: Week One Recap Turns out, spreading joy isn’t all sunshine and group hugs. Sometimes, it’s blasting music loud enough to drown out your own overthinking. It’s flopping on the couch like a Victorian maiden after one mildly stressful email. Or it’s running through the woods just to escape the notifications and the Wi-Fi dependent
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So The Glengarry Phoenix just put a spotlight on our local fall art scene, highlighting the work of the Collectif d’artistes de Glengarry Artists’ Collective (which I am now a member) and the Apples and Arts Studio Tour. But the real excitement for me? The feature on my Cocktails & Canvases art events! It’s great
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A Lovecraftian Art *Giveaway* UPDATE THE BOOK WAS FULLY BACKED. As a thank you I want to offer: To win the $200 gift certificate, all you have to do is be on the VIP List. My monthly-ish newsletter. The download is also free and doesn’t even cost you an email. Cthulhu inspired Zine + instructions
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Why I’m Skipping the Studio Tour (and What I’m Doing Instead) This year, I won’t be in the Apples & Arts Studio Tour. EDIT: Also I am in the middle of a book launch ( if you’re not on my newsletter read about it here) It’s not because I don’t love sharing my art with
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Join Us for Cocktails & Canvases at Cherry Bomb Gallery Don’t make yourself small for anyone. Be the awkward, funny, intelligent, beautiful little weirdo that you are. Don’t hold back. WEIRD IT OUT AT CHERRY BOMB GALLERY! Hey art lovers! Ready for another Bougie Punk evening of art and creativity? Our next Cocktails & Canvases
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August is here, and Cherry Bomb Studio is buzzing with more projects than I thought possible. ( Whoop!) Between a book cover, 12 illustrations, and 2 portraits, I’ve somehow convinced myself that there are more hours in the day because I am also helping host a Murder Mystery written by an award winning writer in the
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I’ve been chewing on this concept of fine art meets angsty GenX rebelliousness, for a while now and I kept coming back to Bougie Punk. But what does that even mean? In short Fancy as F**k. Yeah, that’s no help… womp, womp! Why I Created the Term Bougie Punk and What It Means Bougie Punk
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