"The purpose of art is washing the daily dust of life off our souls." -Pablo Picasso

Since my earliest memory, I found my joy and purpose when creating something with my hands — sketching, building, sewing, doodling. I hung my first piece for sale in a local gallery when I was fifteen, and ever since have been sprinkling artwork and beauty into the world sporadically, never as a full-time focus, but always as a personal passion.

My insistence on this practice — even as a busy mom and professional — springs from my belief that using our hands, eyes, and limbs is a powerful antidote to our screen-driven lives. Anything that drags our physical body into solving the problem at hand — shaping wood, digging soil, sketching curves, sewing seams, observing light, harvesting food — gives our minds a beautiful respite. We all are born to create, to move, to live in the physical world.

I seek to squeeze art into the cracks of this busy stage of life, and shamelessly share the process and outcomes here. While my team at work makes beautiful, polished work, here you will find the messy version of my output: overly ambitious garden beds, silly sketches, and DIY projects that mostly work. :)

Here’s to creating, and who we become in the process. Enjoy!

-Kate