Flow States

I’M SO EXCITED TO SHARE A JOURNEY FOR ARTISTS ON ALL LEVELS. WE’LL EXPLORE ETHEREAL AND ATMOSPHERIC IMAGERY ON PAPER, USING WATERCOLOR AND ENHANCING OUR WORK WITH TOUCHES OF PERSONAL MARK MAKING AND DELICATE DRAWING.

Whenever I paint or draw, I'm always hoping to tap into a state of flow - that magical place where I truly feel that I lose myself, my sense of time and place, and whatever my mundane concerns might be - just for a little while.

Of all the materials I like to use, watercolor really invites us to dance with it, in a way that no other medium does. Everything in watercolor depends on timing. Watercolor is lightning fast, and also teaches us all the patience in the world. It is organic, fluid, mutable - it is, at heart, water.

Like everything magical, watercolor also invites a lot of myths. "It's the hardest medium" "You can't go back if you make a mistake." In this mixed media approach, we'll leave those limitations where we found them. “Overworking" doesn't exist. "Too dark" is just an opportunity. "Too much water" is often the right amount. We're going to push our materials to their limits, allow the flow to really lead the way, and mix our media meaningfully, to create ethereal and magical places that were hiding within our paper and paints all along!

We'll paint, draw, drip, spritz, and we'll even find out that water and wax DO in fact, mix. In the end, you'll have a collection of ethereal, atmospheric landscape images to treasure, share, and expand on. I can't wait to see what you make!!