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

Since my earliest memory, I found 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 dedication to 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: 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