by Christine | Mar 14, 2024 | Studio |
Everyone is an individual. You probably already knew that. But how about this: – There’s no one who ever existed in the world, or who ever will exist, who is like you.- You have a purpose that no one else can do like you can.- Someone is waiting on the...
by Christine | Feb 1, 2024 | Studio |
What’s your dream? In the 1990 film Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, a hip, cheery Angeleno man walks through the streets of Hollywood asking ‘Welcome to Hollywood. What’s your dream?…Some dreams come true, some don’t. But keep on...
by Christine | Dec 1, 2023 | Studio |
Anything is possible at Christmas. I especially believed this as a kid. As I lay under the tree on Christmas Eve, gazing at the quasar blue, hot red and glowing purple of the big lights, I dreamed of what the next day held. Even of all the presents that came at...
by Christine | Oct 4, 2023 | Studio |
Resilience Hummingbirds are resilient: can travel thousands of miles in a year and 500 in a single trip They are diurnal, sleeping at night and awake during the day, but can migrate regardless of time of day. Hummingbirds were created with an ability to go into a deep...
by Christine | Feb 9, 2023 | Studio |
It’s a question every artist has heard before, in some form, when a customer thinks your price is too high. As artists, we struggle over pricing, changing it and second-guessing our decision even up to show time! When a customers sees your art and tells you the price...
by Christine | Mar 19, 2022 | Studio |
As an artist, my work means I’m sedentary. Sometimes I draw or paint standing, but that’s rare; only if I’m working on a large piece. For the most part, though, I’m bent over my drawing table, which does strange things to my neck, right shoulder, lower back, upper...
by Christine | Feb 8, 2022 | Studio |
As an artist, sometimes I get blocked. Ideas just won’t come. Or I can’t seem to draw or paint. Or, I finish what you think is a great piece, but, looking at it again: I hate it. There are all kinds of reasons for dry seasons as an artist. For me, it has been stress,...
by Christine | Nov 13, 2021 | Studio |
We have just come through a very tough year. Even though ‘quarantine’ is behind us, many of us—me included—are still a little paralyzed. After all, how do you go through a whole year plus of running out of binges to watch, not having gyms to thin out our growing...
by Christine | Oct 31, 2021 | Studio |
There’s one thing that really bugs me at Halloween time: the dreadful lack of anatomically-correct skulls. As a forensic artist, I know skulls. I am getting to know them better every day. I know when a skull looks natural, and when it doesn’t. And sometimes, I...
by Christine | Oct 19, 2021 | Studio |
It’s no secret that this world is going a bit crazy. One YouTuber I follow calls it Clownworld. I kind of like that, because clowns are a little scary, too. One symptom of Clownworld is a teetering economy. With money worries come scams. I had a couple of interesting...
