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A nomadic Artist, living and creating in a self-converted van, I paint in a jubilant riot of color to harness the splendor of landscapes through which I travel.
This Sunday, I`ll be selling my paintings and ornaments at the @tulsaindiemarket Holiday Edition, and I hope to see some of your smiling faces there! 🥳
I`ll have ornaments GALORE, as well as small paintings, stickers, and even a few prints!
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When: December 14th, 12 pm - 5 pm
Where: Elks Lodge, 5235 S. Harvard Ave, Tulsa, OK 74135
Free Entry and an Indoor Event
*Paco will not be accompanying me to this show, so if you show up hoping to meet him instead of me, I`ll spare you the disappointment 😅😅😅🐶
Not every campsite is glamorous or scenic.
Sometimes, they look like a this - tucked into the far back corner of a Walmart parking lot.
For the first two years in the van, I avoided parking lots. Then a day arrived where that was the only option and I realized they aren`t as bad as I`d imagined. I don`t seek them out, but I`m no longer opposed to the idea.
@walmart, @crackerbarrel, @cabelas - they`re all great options when I`m beelining it along interstates from one place to another.
This particular location was in a rural town in the Texas panhandle where camp options are slim. It was a quiet night, we both slept great, and there was a large hay field across the road for Paco`s morning walk.
Yes, there was also a car wash nearby, but the 27° morning changed my mind on that. 😅🥶
We`ve been moving through some of my favorite places. I got to hug friends I hadn`t seen in a year and go on hikes along favorite trails. I cooked a Thanksgiving feast and dined on leftovers all week. It has been an absolutely delightful week and my heart is full. 🥰
We recently completed an 11-night stay in the rugged landscape of Moab, UT.
The silence and the vastness felt so warm and inviting, even with nightly temps in the 30s. It was the reset I needed, the long pause of stillness.
I spent my time painting and reliving my childhood by hopscotching across boulders and weaving through dry creek beds. Those formative years of wandering through pastures and allowing my imagination to run wild really laid the foundation for my lifestyle now - who`d have thought? 😅
Walk through a desert wash with us!
One of my favorite activities while camping in the desert is wandering through washes.
They always feel like such a perfect metaphor for life: full of twists and turns, hidden treasures revealed along the way, and I never know where it will lead me.
Sometimes the wash simply dissipates into a wide field; other times it leads to a giant chasm, or we follow it until we find ourselves at the bottom of the canyon, staring up skyscraper-level rock walls.
Watch until the end to see where this one led us!
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I started this painting while at the @LOGEcamps Artist in Residence program in Leavenworth, WA, but I just finished the final brushstrokes last week.
Paco and I walked along the Wenatchee River Walk trail multiple times every day, and it never failed to inspire me.
The mountains had gotten a fresh dusting of snow right before we left, and that contrasted by the bright oranges and golds of the fall foliage along the river was absolutely stunning, so this is my homage to that beauty.
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I often get asked about painting in the van, so I dug through my photos to share some of my various studio setups.
I`m a big fan of honest reality, so I also included a couple of videos that show the less glamorous side of painting in a tiny space.
1, 2. Most of the time, painting looks like this. I built a slide-out table that can unfold into a 4` workspace, though I usually just work on the half size. I use a small folding table to hold my paints, so if I need to access the fridge or toilet, I don`t have to move every individual tube of paint; I just lift the table out of the way (as seen in the next video).
3. My fridge and toilet are both under the bed, so if I need to access either of them while painting, it means moving everything off the slide-out table, sliding the table in, and pulling out whatever I need to access - then I reverse those steps to reset the table for painting.
4. Sometimes, I bring in the 4` plastic folding table. I know it sounds counterintuitive, but it`s actually easier to move that around to access the fridge and toilet than it is to move everything off the slide-out table. With the plastic table, I simply pick it up, and everything (usually) stays in place on top while I reposition it toward the front of the van. This option works great when I`m working on more than one painting at a time, or several ornaments, or when the weather is bad and I know it`s going to be a long inside day.
5, 6. The plastic table is also easier to crawl underneath when I need to access something from my bookshelf or supply drawers.
7, 8, 9. If the weather is nice, I set the plastic table up outside. Working outside dries the paint SUPER fast, which is not always ideal, so I tend to work inside most often, even if it`s beautiful out, because it allows the paints to stay more fluid and manageable. Sometimes, I use the van as an easel when working on large-scale canvases. I absolutely LOVE that option, but again, it`s entirely dependent on the weather.
10. Lastly, sometimes I get tired of sitting and will use the countertop as an easel. 🤷🏼♀️
How Paco shows the ravens who`s in charge of this campsite. 🐦⬛
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