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INSTAGRAM SUCKS… the life out of you

My love for Instagram started in late 2014 when it became the outlet for all those amateur photographs that were sitting in my camera...

Using Art to Find New Perspectives on Mental Health

I believe that mental health struggles are a natural part of the human experience. My mental health only became a problem for me in my...

Exposure therapy through art: How art can help you work through fear

For as long as I can remember, I have been afraid of frogs/toads. Growing up, I lived in Swaziland and then in a small town in South...

The Art of Loving Yourself: advice from the newly single

Sometimes being the one to break your own heart is the greatest gift you can give yourself - the most important act of self-love....

Why do I include Stars and Sparkles in my Art?

Last year I started adding stars or sparkles to my illustrations. I have been painting starry skies and constellations for a while now....

Doing a Daily Drawing Challenge

For the month of October I did a daily drawing challenge that is delightfully named Peachtober. It’s a spin-off from Inktober, a daily...

Why I wrote my graphic Novel

The Adventures of Apparently-Anyone-Can-Do-It-If-They-Just-Try Bug! (AKA The Adventures of A-Bug!) is a graphic novel that...

2020: fear, fumbling, failure & fortitude

It’s been a tough year so far - absolutely nothing like I expected. This year came with a whole lot of emotional blows and I let my...