finding the art of everyday
Do-er. Dabbler. Thinker. Homeschooling mama. Folk art and children’s illustration is my main love.
Beauty, truth, and goodness aren’t just bywords.
They are the fundamentals of a life well lived.
Since 2006, I’ve spent time writing and creating in this space, contemplating just what it means to find the art of the everyday in the midst of being a mother, a homeschooling mama, a writer, and artist. I invite you along for the journey as I continue to parse it out.
Art saved me.
My art journey started with scrapbooking when my six children were very, very young. I had six under six at one point, so scrapbooking took a back seat. Fast forward to 2014, when my youngest two became very ill. One day in the midst of the storms of hospitalizations and diagnoses, I picked up a paint brush. Painting, creating art, has been my refuge ever since. You can read about it from the beginning here.
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I homeschool.
I am a second generation homeschooler, and I have homeschooled all of my six for most of their educational careers, with a pause for two years at an excellent public school that was in literal walking distance from our house at the time. Three of my children have now graduated, and I continue to homeschool the youngest three, who are all in middle school and high school. I don’t talk about homeschooling much anymore, but I have kept my archives live. I hope they help.
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Writing is my first love.
My Bachelors of Arts is in English and History. I have been writing in this space since 2006. I can’t not write. It’s how I make sense of my world and of what I’m thinking. I have written many series here over the years as I have contemplated different ideas. Some of them overlap with the homeschooling space. Some of them consider loss and grief. Some of them consider what it is to be a mother and caregiver to medically fragile kids. Visit my archives to read them all.
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You can shop my artwork here.
I have rare updates of current work in the shop, which I often announce on Instagram first. I am so grateful for all the support of my collectors: they have helped to pay many medical bills over the years.
Read the blog
Everything I’m doing, reading, and thinking about is over on the blog. I hope you are inspired, refreshed, and challenged as you read.
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