She is one of our Premium members and her progress is FABULOUS!!! She showing up Following the instructions staying with it And even feeling comfortable enough to go a bit further! I am absolutely thrilled!!! 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 At one point during the class, she said… 🫟 🫟 “I don’t want to stop” 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 That’s when I know it’s working She is starting to see differently Starting to understand what she’s doing and she wants to keep going RESULTS that she can be proud of. (And I am too!) This is what happens inside Premium. Comment or GIF what you think about her progress on this painting. Do you believe you can do this too?

But this is life and in life, we roll with the punches. 👊🏻 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 I got some news yesterday that hit me harder than I wished it did. The exhibition that I have been working on for the past year... POSTPONED (no date in site yet) 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 The short story is that the gallery building is owned by the government. The government came in and decided that this building would be perfect to hold November elections from now on. So my exhibition dates have just disappeared. 💥💥 I have spent months and months on this: 👊🏻 developing a new concept 👊🏻 researching 👊🏻 photography 👊🏻 drawing and executing 👊🏻 Literally THOUSANDS of hours of work. (this is not an exaggeration) And now I have a whole new body of work that still needs to be finished but has nowhere to go. 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 Now what I MUST do....... Finish these works. Because I know if I walk away now, I will loose the connection to the message. Then I will have to protect them and store them. That starts the time clock ticking. Most exhibitions do not allow work older than 2 years. OR... Do I put them for sale on my website? Do I risk selling them and breaking up a cohesive body of work? Do I say 🖕🏻to the gallery and cancel? What have you had that you put a TON of effort into that didn't go as you expected? How did you move past the feeling of disappointment?

I hope to see you guys. Give yourself a gift of one hour to learn some new painting skills. Today we will mix paint accurately - check out the palette knife lessons too! And then we will just chill and paint. Well, as much as I can chill because by now you guys know I am pretty high energy. OK, see yall soon!

Being “artistic” is NOT something you’re born with. I used to think creative people were just built differently. At one point, I even decided left-handed people had some secret artistic advantage… and I had been dealt the wrong hand. Literally 😂. I am VERY right-handed. 🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬 🧬 🧬 I have OCD traits 🧬 I like structure 🧬 I like organization 🧬 My house is usually neat and clean 🧬 I don’t wear mismatched clothes 🧬 Not exactly the artist stereotype 🧬 🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬 And yet… my paintings for thousands of dollars. What changed? I stopped trying to “be creative” and built a process that actually works for my brain. Step-by-step. Repeatable. Predictable. More like following a recipe than waiting for a magical unicorn to smack me with inspiration. What do you think? Do you believe you were born creative? Lets discuss this.

Look around you right now while you read this. Observe your space with intention. Find something calm, peaceful or beautiful. Not a masterpiece Not a setup shot just your real life 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 Your coffee cup 🫟 your kitchen 🫟 your couch 🫟 your pup 🫟 your messy table 😆 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 This is where art actually starts not perfection…. Reality just… seeing what’s in front of you Drop a pic or describe your Sunday view👇🏻