If you’ve found your way here, chances are you care about making art — or at least, you once did.

Maybe you still make work, but it feels disconnected or rushed.

Maybe teaching, deadlines, or responsibility have slowly crowded out the part of you that used to sit and really look.

Or maybe you haven’t picked up a pencil or brush in a long time, but the desire hasn’t gone away — it’s just been waiting quietly in the background.

This site exists for that space in between:
not starting over, not chasing inspiration, but returning — deliberately — to the work itself.

Why I'm Doing This

After years in graphic and web design, and now nearly two decades teaching art, I’ve seen a pattern repeat itself in students, colleagues, and myself.

We don’t lose interest in art because we stop caring. We lose it because the work gets crowded out by responsibility, noise, and expectation.

This site is part of me making room again — not by chasing inspiration, but by returning to basic skills, observation, and the habit of showing up.

Who This Is For

You don’t have to be an art teacher to be here.

This site may resonate if you:

• Once cared deeply about making art

• Value fundamentals over shortcuts

• Are tired of performative creativity

• Want to work quietly, but consistently

Some entries lean technical. Others are reflective. All of them come from the same place—trying to stay engaged over the long term.

Where to Begin Reading

If you’re new, these journal entries offer a good starting point:

• Starting Again Without Starting Over

• Why Fundamentals Still Matter

• Making Space for the Work You Say You Care About

How Often Things Change Here

Expect new entries to appear when there’s something worth sharing: a studio insight, a classroom moment, or a question that won’t let go.

If you’d like to know when something new is posted, you can join the email list. It’s quiet, optional, and infrequent.

A Small Invitation

You don’t need to read everything.
You don’t need to keep up.
You don’t need to agree with everything here.

If something resonates, stay awhile.
If not, that’s okay too.

Start Here

A Long Time Teaching.
A New Season of Learning.

The work is still there. Sometimes we just need to make space for it again.