Hello! How are you doing? I cannot believe it is almost the end of March. I am looking forward to beautiful summer days along the lake, hydrangeas blooming, sailboats gliding across the water…oh it is all so dreamy! To get me through the cold Ohio winter I have been lucky enough to work on a huge release of 48 original paintings coming to one of my favorite online shops Cailini Coastal. This release will drop in May of 2024. CC is an awesome female- owned company and I adore working with the owner Meg Young since she opened CC in 2020. The style of Cailini Coastal is cozy, coastal blue and whi ..read more

Painting in my studio- excited for 2024! Well happy 2024! I know it is almost the end of January but I have not had a chance to write a blog post in awhile. Life is busy, busy, busy! Today we had an ice day so no school for my girls and I. So perfect since I have a huge release of 48 paintings to work on by April (more about that soon!) I also have a really fun release I am doing on Dress the Room Charleston for this Thursday January 25th at noon. I will be releasing 15 of my January daily paintings! I have never done this before but I am excited to see how it goes. If you have been here for ..read more

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Thanksgiving and Christmas were busy for me but wonderful to catch up with family and friends. I love this time of year but am also ready to have life slow down a little bit and have some time to reflect and get organized. The past couple of years I have actually started to enjoy January because I love the idea of a refresh and creating new goals for the year. What are your thoughts on the new year? Do you feel like it is a great time to start again or do you treat it like any other month? I would love to know in the comments. One ..read more

Aerial Sailboat 1 coming to Dress the Room October 5, 2023 Size 8 x 8 inches on gallery wrap canvas Hi everyone! I hope you are having a great week so far. It has been a busy work week but I am excited to release eight new original paintings on Dress the Room. October 5th at 9 am. These paintings are inspired by my travels and time on the water. I just adore sailboats in case you have not noticed. I love being on our sailboat and whenever I see a sailboat on the lake or ocean I love taking pictures of them for inspiration. I probably should paint some other subject matter but for now I am enj ..read more

A new series that will be releasing October 5th on Dresstheroom Happy October 1st everyone! I hope everyone is having a wonderful fall! I love this time of year. The leaves are changing and the air is getting a bit chillier but still sunny and pleasant out. Things have been very busy lately with school starting (I am a high school art teacher) and my family has been working on our island cottage every single weekend. Very hard to get much accomplished at home but I am not complaining! So grateful to have an island cottage in the making. Life has been very busy…very busy..however, I was able t ..read more

Happy July everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful summer so far. We have been busy traveling back and forth to the Island, swimming, hanging out with friends and basically just soaking up every minute we can of summer. I am also excited to release some brand new original paintings for Dress the Room's Summer Show July 8th. These paintings are inspired by my love of sailing, hydrangeas and of course blue and white decor. Sharing a couple with you for a sneak peek below: This is “Hydrangeas Harbor” and is 30 x 40 inches and would look great in any coastal space. “Island Cottage with Hydra ..read more

Peonies from my parents’ garden. Happy June everyone! I hope everyone has been having a great late spring. Summer will be officially here this week and I am so excited! I have been out of school since the end of May so it has technically felt like summer for me. What has been inspiring me lately has been all of the gorgeous peonies blooming here in Ohio. They truly are one of my favorite flowers and I only wish they lasted longer. I have been trying to paint a daily painting each day in my sketchbook. I have found that most of my daily paintings have evolved around the photos I have taken of ..read more

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful week so far! It is cold and rainy here in Ohio but I just saw the weather forecast for next week and it looks like 70’s and sunny! Wahoo! On another bright note- Cailini Coastal is launching my collection of 30 paintings tomorrow May 3rd, 2023! I have been working non-stop on these paintings since February and I am so excited to share them with you! This collection consists of 15 framed paintings (hand-crafted frames by my talented husband Rob) and 15 mini six by six inch paintings that would be perfect for shelf decor. A collection of my fram ..read more

Hello friends! Happy Sunday! I hope you had the best weekend. We have had gorgeous weather here in Ohio. I am talking the 80’s in April! It feels like summer and has been so inspiring. However, tomorrow it is supposed to snow…what?! That is Ohio for you! Anyways, I wanted to share with you a series that I will be releasing with the amazing online gallery Dress The Room. These paintings are part of a series called “Island Air” and are inspired by my summers living on a lovely little island in the middle of Lake Erie. These paintings are meant to bring joy, peace and tranquility into a room. Whe ..read more

Releasing a new series this week on www.dresstheroom.com Happy Sunday friends! Thanks again for stopping by. I always want to write these blog posts on Saturday but for some reason Sunday seems to be the day that I am able to sit down and write. This weekend was my husband’s 40th birthday and we hung out all day yesterday at our local boat club. It is currently in the process of being built and my husband is on the building committee. So on his birthday he wanted to hang out there and work. It is fun for him and we had a gorgeous view of the frozen, snow-covered river. It was beautiful at lea ..read more