STUDIO < process >
PROCESS > > >
Welcome to a peek behind the creative curtain. It’s my favorite part of making - how did they do that?! I find that learning about another artist/maker’s process helps create a tangible point of connection. Understanding one’s process not only deepens my appreciation for the work itself, but also inspires me to explore new materials and ideas in my own work. If the hands of another could find a way to wield that medium to make marks, so can mine.
If you’re as curious as I am, please take a look around my studio!
< studio desk / paintbrushes / pens / pencils / utility knives / scissors >
PAINTING >
various acrylic paints / Liquitex heavy body & basic Dalery Rowney
Golden acrylic medium / soft gel, semi-gloss / 32 fl oz
bristle & synthetic paint brushes / bright & flat / sizes 4 - 10
palette knife / for mixing and painting
acrylic gesso
Canson palette paper / 12” x 16”
wooden easel
< painting palette space >
art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable - cesar a cruz
PAPER & ARTWORK ALCHEMY >
YES! Paste / size 1 pint
torn paper with other’s words and drawings of release
torn pieces of my old drawings/paintings
canvas
wood frames
acrylic paint
< extra work table to fit larger pieces >
ILLUSTRATIONS & DRAWINGS >
Micron Pens / size 005 - 1
HB & 2B pencils / mostly Staedtler
kneaded erasers
acrylic ink
India ink
watercolor pencils
Stabilo fine point 88 pens
watercolors
conté crayons
compressed charcoal
sketchbooks / various sizes
light pad / 9” x 12”
watercolor paper / 140 lb / cold & hot press / 9” x 12”
self-healing cutting mat / 24” x 18”
< main studio desk work surface >
my right to be me is tied with a thousand threads to your right to be you
- leslie feinberg
INSPIRATION > what’s on when I make
playlists - high-key / medium-key / low-key
podcasts - Office Ladies / The Ballad of Billy Balls / My Favorite Murder / Tiny Fences / My Dad Wrote a Porno / The Bald and the Beautiful / We’re Having Gay Sex / Fangasm / Yoga is Dead / Wait, You Haven’t Seen That?!
streaming - The Office / The Midnight Gospel / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Parks & Rec / Hannah Gadsby: Douglas / Schitt’s Creek / Big Mouth / Bob’s Burgers / Insecure / Arrested Development / The Sex Lives of College Girls / The Good Place / Party Down
youtube - UNHhhh / Jade Fox / ContraPoints / Ask a Mortician / Pop Culture Detective / The Passion of the Nerd / Philosophy Tube / I Like to Watch with Trixie and Katya
< sketchbooks / journals / intention tools / paintbrushes / pens >
INFLUENCE > creation doesn’t happen in a vacuum
< wall of memory and encouragement >
