On July 2nd 2022, the best thing happened—my best friend and I wedded. My husband's name is Abid Husain and he's an incredible man, partner and friend. As a painter...
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I did a brave thing. After my mural project with Colfax Canvas, the social media algorithm gods started suggesting new peeps, on the scene, for me to follow. @artofjohnpugh really…
As an artist, I’ve wanted to love this question. I appreciate what it says about the asker, that they care and value art making as “work”. I appreciate being offered…
When I was 15 years old, some special papers were signed and I had a nose job. I didn’t want to wait until I was old enough to consent. I…
I have had what seems like a wild series of misfortunes in the last day and a half. I sort of love stringing these events together in my head, ready…
Letting go, maybe a little late. My office bookshelves have been filled with “shoulds”. I’ve never been a design intellectual. I felt like to be a good designer, I had…
Yesterday, I got a bit stuck in the mud. I put sticks and cardboard under my rear wheels like some kind of a vanagon owning witch. No go. Help was…
In considering a new painting, I revisited the memory, the poems, the drawings of an old lover. A young lover. The one I lost my virginity to. His ideas influenced…
I was just thinking about how I wish I could go back and offer my younger self some of the wisdom that I’ve gained. And then I thought, I can’t,…