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ARTIST AS A BUSINESS
so, it’s been awhile… … like a little over a year now since I quit my job and started working for myself. I did a lot of painting and experimenting but not so much business. I told myself when I...
CARD ART 18
pilfering green paint chips like it was my jobcardart 18 will go down as my very favorite cardart ever. it's heavy on the green but I don't care because the idea came to me way back in october, I thoroughly...
HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING
spring palette / elizabethcraneswartz.com I logged into my site and saw this post draft from last year. I pinned all of the above in february 2018 and have been pinning a slew of similarly colored images this february. I guess...
STUDIO SCENES
photo by erin mcginnphoto by erin mcginnphoto by erin mcginn it was a surreal experience having someone watch and photograph me while working but I'm so so so happy I was able to have erin mcginn take these and so...
STUDIO UPDATE
four trips to home depot, three trips to IKEA, two trips to the storage unit, one gallon of white paint and my studio is done. I've been aiming for the last week of march as a goal to be completely...
#FUNTIREMENT
now that I'm working for myself, I've been planning not only what I want to do, but how to get it done and figuring out who I can ask for help and guidance. top on that list is my personal...
STUDIO UPDATE
I've been slowly updating my new studio - getting things out of storage and figuring out what I still need. I sold my original setup after we sold our house. they were makeshift things from IKEA that I never really...
CARD ART 2017
full disclosure: I wrote this post over a year late. cardart 17 was a struggle not only because I was laid up after my foot surgery and had to do all my supply sourcing online, but because I was completely...
NEW YEAR, NEW ME, BIG PLANS
once my father launched his challenge to us all last summer, I started wondering if I could find a way to make things again. I spent the fall and winter fantasizing and then a couple of weeks ago I found...