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Inspirations and Getting Back
Inspiration and Getting Back It has been a minute since I’ve been in this space. I’ve been trying to make space in my life for art and observation. This space will be more about what’s inspiring me, a photo, a book, an art process. I just want to reflect on that a bit here. I…
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Building Something Brick by Brick
Building Something Brick by Brick The windowsill collective gathered this weekend to watch me as the snow fell. It was a cold weekend and the flakes were the big fluffy kind. It was a good day to stay in. I stayed in and worked on things. I am gearing up for the new market season…
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Learning and Staying in Motion
It’s true that more often than not, as of late, I’d rather crawl in bed and stay there. I’m sure I’m not alone, but I refuse to stop. I refuse to sit still and let all that’s going on consume me. Instead, I am turning off my social media, most of it anyway, tuning out,…
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2024 Year in Review
Perhaps it’s a bit late to start looking back, but this is more of a beginning of sorts. I am building my blog while simultaneously starting my newsletter, trying to build my creative life. I know. I’m a glutton. Still, 2024 was a quite a year for starts. At the beginning of 2024, I had…
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Sunday in the Studio: A Summer of Shows
This is not so much about being in the studio this week. This summer, I’ve done something. I made a small step forward. I have built an inventory of handmade goods to sell at area artisan markets and shows. Admittedly, I’m still finding my footing in all of this. I’ve been asked why I haven’t…
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Illustrating Again
The Ernest H. Shepard print I bought in my 20s at Pooh Corner in Hartfield, East Sussex, sits on my windowsill as I make a tiny painting of a watering can stuffed with sprigs of forsythia. It seems fitting all these years later. I had two of the prints that I brought home from the…
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One Small Thing Every Day
This Friday’s blog post is about doing one small thing and about gratitude. A while back, a neighbor and friend gifted me an iPad. I’d already committed to giving my Etsy site a little more love by then, but I hadn’t fully embraced the artist in me. Maybe that one small act, which wasn’t really…
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The Creative Life or Bust
The Creative Life or Bust If I were to write to the girl in this picture, I would tell her to let go of expectations, to stop trying so hard to meet those expectations, but I know she’d probably not listen. She had so much possibility set before her, but soon she’d be steeped in…
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Reading Carole Maso on my way to San Diego
I was on a plane when I opened Carole Maso’s book Break Every Rule. I sat in the aisle seat next to two people–a guy flying to San Diego for civilian work with the Navy and a woman from the mountain town my partner wishes we lived in. The woman chatted a lot, mostly about…
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Emerging from the Corner
The other day, I was looking at my submittable page. Currently, there are six submissions marked “in progress” and six just sitting there as “received.” There is another out there with a magazine that doesn’t use submittable.
Cristina Trapani-Scott Author, Artist and Illustrator