by Jen | Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Omigosh, you guys, KIDS. I just got back from my 3rd grader’s biography fair. It was the CUTEST THING EVAR. The kids were all dressed up as their chosen biography subject, standing on their desks like wax sculptures. You pushed a ‘button’ on their...
by Jen | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
In a few minutes, I’m headed up to Art Access Gallery to pick up my masonite plates for the “300 Plates” show… but in the meantime, I thought I’d throw out a few podcast recommendations! And I’d love to get some of yours! I...
by Jen | Feb 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Trying to keep my new resolution to update more regularly, and… already January has passed me by! So I’ll start now instead. 🙂 This is going to be a year of transition on many fronts. My husband is going back to college full-time to finish his degree —...
by Jen | Dec 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
This has really been a year of ups and downs. I called 2013 transformative, and it was. 2014 was… illuminating. In the spring, I had 7 paintings in a group show at Art Access Gallery called “Strong Women”; in May, I had two pieces accepted in the...
by Jen | Nov 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
So on Saturday I made it past 25,000 words on my NaNoWriMo effort, which is right on target — and my Songseeker story is above 33,000 words total, which is better progress than I’ve made on any story, ever. For my characters, things are about to get Very...
by Jen | Sep 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
You just can’t avoid getting sick. It happens. But what happens to the art when you get sick? I came down with my pulmonary embolism in mid-July, just as I was waiting to hear from one gallery about whether or not they’d represent me, and waiting to hear...