The Obsidian Butterfly
In Aztec mythology, Itzpapalotl is a fearsome warrior goddess who rules over the paradise realm of Tamoanchan, the final destination for souls who die a nonviolent death, particularly women who die in childbirth.
Aries Season
Spring is here in the Northern hemisphere, which means it’s Aries season! This changing of the guard moment representing the shift of seasons from Winter to Spring is represented by the first sign of the zodiac, the fiery, independent, bold, cardinal fire sign of Aries.
The Goddess Mania
In Greek mythology, the Maniae were female spirits personifying madness, frenzy, and insanity. These frightening emotional states were beyond human control, and therefore believed to be a result of spiritual possession or dark ritual practices.
Abere, the CanniBal Demoness
Abere is a cannibal demoness from Melanesian folklore, whose name means “Maiden.” She appears to be a beautiful young woman, but this is just an illusion hiding the terrifying reality.
Body Worlds
Gunther von Hagen's Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, published in 2006, is the companion book to the Body Worlds exhibition which ran for several months from 2006-2007 at Science World in Vancouver.
Yuki-onna, Japanese Snow Vampire
Yuki-onna, whose name means "Snow Woman” in Japanese, is a mythical apparition sometimes described as a snow vampire, who feeds on the blood of living children.
Poster Child
Did you have posters in your room growing up? From the age of about 11, I was absolutely obsessed with Marilyn Monroe and I had posters of her on every wall.
Drawcember: Week 5
Happy new year! This week I’m wrapping up Drawcember with a shorter post, since it only consisted of three days.
Drawcember: Week 4
Happy Holidays, everyone! It’s that weird week between Christmas and the New Year where we lose all sense of time and forget what day of the week it is…
Drawcember: Week 3
Can you believe Christmas is only four days away? The last two months of 2024 have gone by so quickly. This year more than any in recent memory, I’m reminded of the fragility and fleetingness of all that we love.
Drawcember: Week 2
Two weeks into Drawcember and I’ve only missed two days, but for very good reason! My mother came up to visit last weekend, so I was both playing hostess and performing in a very fun burlesque show at The Rio Theatre.
Drawcember: Week 1
Drawcember got off to a great start this week!
2025 Badass Goddesses calendar
My 2025 Badass Goddesses calendar has landed… You can visit my Shop to order yours today. It’s the perfect gift for someone in your life who likes to look up from their phone once in a while and see something pretty hanging on the wall, and the perfect way to support real art in an increasingly AI-generated world!
Greetings from Chicago
I’m in Chicago this week, visiting the city for the first time with my mother and Rodger. It’s been an amazing trip so far with tons of walking and activities packed into each day, which is exactly how I love to travel.
Pinktober 2024: Week 5
This week wraps up Pinktober 2024, my first Inktober. What a great way to kick start my drawing habit after far too long away. Huge thanks to my podcast partner, Alison Price, at Starzology, for inspiring me to challenge myself.
Pinktober 2024: Week 4
Whew, Pinktober is just full steam ahead… A month of daily drawing challenges and it had to be the longest month of the year, or it seems like it anyway! This is why I prefer “dry February” to “sober October,” but I digress…
Pinktober 2024: Week 3
It’s been a busy week around here with Canadian Thanksgiving, a weekend trip to Bellingham to visit my mother and see a childhood friend for the first time in decades, fighting off the first strain of autumn colds that have been hitting everyone (including my partner, who I’ve alternated between caring for and avoiding like the literal plague all week!), interviewing for jobs, doing my current job, and all the usual stuff (recording podcasts, exercise, blah blah blah) and yet I’ve still managed to keep up with my daily Pinktober drawing challenges… yay, me!
Pinktober 2024: Week 2
I am loving Inktober/Pinktober! I really do better in life when I have an assignment, and boy, completing one drawing a day is certainly a challenging assignment… But it’s also awesome.
Pinktober 2024: Week 1
One week into Inktober/Pinktober 2024 and we’re off to a great start! I was a little worried at first, since I haven’t been drawing much of anything these last couple of years, but the first four days of the month have been awesome. I’ve been looking forward to each new drawing as a creative challenge, finding inspiration in the random sketchbooks I have laying around and in photos of friends and family (and of course, myself).
Living Memories & Dead Media
Every time I look at my bookshelf, or maybe not every time but more often than I'd like, I'm hit with two conflicting thoughts... I love having a collection of books to look at, like an externalization of my brain, but at the same time, they're an increasingly archaic and unwieldy format, and an unbelievable bitch to move should the need ever arise again.