When I began setting up my table at art markets and fairs, I observed within a few hours during my first market that I was interacting with my customers in a way that other vendors were not. In some cases, I was the only person interacting with customers while other vendors pointedly did not interact at all.

Inspiration is not the muse I rely on to decide when to paint, instead it is what I use to inform what I will paint. Inspiration is walking through the woods in the rain, smelling the salt air on the beach as the marine layer rushes in, or watching a beautiful sunset create a painting in the sky. Nature inspires and informs my art.

Lately, I’ve been exploring the idea of leaving art for other people to find. People have been doing this for ages with things like painted rocks, yarn bombing, and geocaching (to name just a few!

I allowed myself to be paralyzed by subject matter. I didn’t know what to paint. I never knew what to paint.