“I think it’s something we artists can take very easily for granted, this ability to think and speak freely. Most people don’t have this. The level of freedom that I have in my decision making, small and large, at any given day is profound. I hope it lasts a lifetime, but to be honest, I’m just grateful for what I’ve squeezed out of it already.”
Read MoreOnce your hobby turns into your job it’s hard to give yourself space to really let loose and create just for yourself. Not for Instagram, marketing, other clients, or anything. It’s so freeing to go back to the passion of the thing and not let anyone else’s opinions enter into a project.
Read More“The more I’ve been painting, the more I realize that I need to not be painting as much as I do. I need to be looking more. Looking and putting a stroke down and letting that stroke be and then you’re like, “do I like that? Do I want to change that?”
Read More“When you shut off technology and just look inward and think about what you want to do, and be reminded that maybe it’s be done before but it hasn’t been done by you before, is super valuable. I think that’s where a lot of creativity and inspiration can come from.”
Read MoreThis surf experiment continues, this time in color!
Read MoreOne of the big perks of moving to Maine and new surroundings is that it opens us up to all sorts of new experiences, locations, activities that we’re never tried before.
Read MoreWe traveled to the city for equal measures of friends, food, and fog.
Read More“I want to be a high point in their weekend or in their day. I think that’s why I love cake so much because when you have cake, it’s definitely not the low point in your day. It’s definitely a high point. I just like being a part of that.”
Read More“I didn’t know before I went to culinary school what working in a restaurant meant. It’s a very specific lifestyle. I think a lot of people look at shows and think that it’s glamorous but it’s not…You’ve gotta be able to withstand a certain amount of discomfort to do anything.”
Read More“The hardest part is being true to yourself. It’s easy to get sucked into to doing things because you feel like you have to. It’s hard work if you want to make it happen. People get this idea in their heads that artists have natural talent and don’t have to work hard at it. That’s not true. It’s hard work. If you want it, it takes a lot of hard work, but it’s worth it..”
Read More“The only way I can find the words is to make shapes first, to put colors together. We see things before we can say them…Creating beauty helps people connect to difficult concepts. And now I'm understanding the role of beauty.”
Read More“It’s what craft is. It’s what makes it looked at as an art form. You have to treat it as such. Mass production places treat it like mass production places and they don’t care about it as much. They cut corners. We do the little extra hoping that people appreciate it.”
Read More“It’s one of those innate things. It’s a thing that you do with a compulsion without any sort of logic. I like to do creative stuff because early on I had those outlets because my family played music. I always saw it as something that was fun but also a way that I could not work as hard as the next guy… At the age that I realized you could get paid to play music, that was just earth shattering.”
Read More“I would get f*cking hammered. In the morning I’d come out and not even remember what I worked on. I was really stressed that once I became sober I’d lose that creative edge. I wondered if it would change my whole way of thinking, but I think that it’s helped a ton. I think it’s actually made my art better.”
Read More“It may not be obvious but sometimes the most valuable lessons you can learn as an artist come from not being an artist.”
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