Just for fun.

Painting has been a crazy journey for me and I am so in love with it now more than ever.  Having a baby is such a whirl wind of emotions and changes and trying to make all the puzzle pieces in your new life as a mommy fit together with your old life is quite challenging. When I was pregnant I felt so uncreative.. unmotivated.. and was tired all the time and I felt like I was not myself- it was like I was existing but I was just waiting for time to go by and have my baby.  I wasn't unhappy but wasn't really happy- it was this weird middle which is pretty unusual for me because I am a pretty energetic and extremely motivated person.  Reflecting back I think the only thing that got me motivated was either a donut or a milkshake lol which is pretty typical mommy to be behavior. Now having a year passed, it's amazing to me the process of rediscovery and finding my new self or at least maybe more of a mommy version of my old self.

I decided to start painting my just for fun paintings again.  Before I had Nora- I painted a lot for shows and commission work which are super fun to do but my drawings and little paintings would never see the light of finding a new home because they were half finished or I couldn't dedicate enough time to them or the work was so different then my existing work that I was just too shy about sharing.  Generally when painting for a show or a commission the work it is pretty specific which I adore all of my clients and curators that I am ever so lucky to work with but have decided to open up my etsy shop and put in some of my little paintings.