Spring is by far my favourite season and has brought so much refreshing energy into my life and creative practice. Who knew that consistent time in nature would feel so good and provide so much refreshment?! I'm so thankful I challenged myself to spend each day in nature for 30 days.

I've been enjoying the slow process of creating my next collection Wild Pacific.

I get a little bit vulnerable about what it means to run a creative business in 2025 with the ever changing global business landscape and reaching for creative goals.

May in the Canadian Rockies brings with it the welcome return of warmer weather, glorious green leaves, and long sunny days. My creative energy levels always crave the month of May and the return of summer.

I've been tucked away in the studio creating original watercolour paintings for my next collection: Pacific. I've spent the last week painting a 24x36" watercolour of a beach in Tofino that I'm still undecided how I feel about. Some paintings are finicky that way. Thankfully I've been doing this long enough to know that not every painting needs to be an immediate success and some paintings take their time to grow on you. 

I'm excited to share this collection with you that I have yet to set a release date for. I'm carefully taking my time with each painting, resisting the urge to rush through the creative process.

It’s no secret that I’ve been in a creative rut lately. I don’t know if it’s burnout, 45 year old brain fog, or too much time scrolling on my phone that’s causing it, but it’s likely a combination of all three. 

 To combat this funk I’m giving myself a 30 day creative renewal challenge! From Monday to Friday for the next 30 days I’m going to paint for at least 30 mins, walk for at least 30 mins, practice a new creative hobby for 15 mins, Read a new book, and journal each day.

I’m excited for this 30 day challenge. I know it will be just the medicine I need to refresh my creative practice and my mind.

This March has felt like a bit of an energetic funk for me personally. It could be the fact that the weather really never knows what it's doing this time of year, but I think the recipe I'm craving is more time in nature. 

I stumbled on this quote yesterday which is something I think we all need:

"Movement is medicine for the body.

Nature is medicine for the mind.

Art is medicine for the soul."

I spent a lot of time procrastinating a fairly difficult commissioned watercolour painting last month, which meant spending a lot of time behind the scenes on the less glamorous side of a creative business.