about me
Art, design, craft, and creation are my passion. I find inspiration everywhere, in so many things. I have been an artist, actively creating in one form or another, for most of my life. I was largely self-taught, until I pursued a formal arts education in college, majoring in graphic design with fine arts foundation work.
I am passionate about painting, drawing, sculpting, refurbishing, building, and pursuing just about anything that challenges my aesthetics and inventive spirit. One of my favorite aspects of my work is that I am often able to incorporate salvaged materials into my pieces. Creating that includes reuse is near and dear to my heart, because it places new value on old or discarded things.
In recent years I have connected with my work as a way to express my opinions and start conversations around things from my own personal experience and things lived vicariously through others. In the immediate future, I hope to present collections of work that spark thought and discussion around topics that interest me, acting as a sort of visual survey of society, for my own study of modern humanity. That said, I love to make just plain old pretty things, too.
I hope in my work, experimentation, and learning processes, to inspire others to find something they are passionate about, and to focus on it long enough to make it their own gift back to the world. Thank you for visiting my site! -Renée
FAQ
How do you come up with your projects?
"How do the projects find you?" would be more accurate. Ideas for projects show up everyday through observation of
the world around me, and often evolve as personal challenges to create something, often a new twist on an old idea.
What happens when you have a creative block/are stumped for ideas?
That never happens. Kidding- it does once in a while, and when it does, there are plenty of fun distractions that
lead me right back down the path of inspiration. I read, get outdoors, travel, hang with friends, go dancing and
throw some napping, cleaning, organizing, and exercise into the mix, and before long, the creative juices get
flowing again. I've learned not to force it, because solutions or ideas never round themselves out when I strain for
them. These days the most down time I seem to need when this happens is two days. By day two, though I've
forbidden myself to pick up so much as a piece of printer paper and a crayon, the itch starts to return (usually late
at night), and I have to make myself go to bed and reserve the force of it for a new day.
A little known fact about your work?
Some pieces "chase" me around for years in my mind before I get around to them. Some pieces can be finished in
a day, while others can be started, but then can't be moved forward for a year or more, until one day lightning
strikes, and I'm able to finish them in an instant. I can't force them before they've incubated for a while, because I
never like the end result when they're forced, so I stay busy with other pieces. It helps to always have a bunch of
projects going at one time.
What would you do if you weren't an artist?
I would probably pursue something in sciences and/or engineering, because I love discovering how things work,
and creating more efficient ways to do things or solutions to everyday problems.
read more in my VoyageATL feature
I am passionate about painting, drawing, sculpting, refurbishing, building, and pursuing just about anything that challenges my aesthetics and inventive spirit. One of my favorite aspects of my work is that I am often able to incorporate salvaged materials into my pieces. Creating that includes reuse is near and dear to my heart, because it places new value on old or discarded things.
In recent years I have connected with my work as a way to express my opinions and start conversations around things from my own personal experience and things lived vicariously through others. In the immediate future, I hope to present collections of work that spark thought and discussion around topics that interest me, acting as a sort of visual survey of society, for my own study of modern humanity. That said, I love to make just plain old pretty things, too.
I hope in my work, experimentation, and learning processes, to inspire others to find something they are passionate about, and to focus on it long enough to make it their own gift back to the world. Thank you for visiting my site! -Renée
FAQ
How do you come up with your projects?
"How do the projects find you?" would be more accurate. Ideas for projects show up everyday through observation of
the world around me, and often evolve as personal challenges to create something, often a new twist on an old idea.
What happens when you have a creative block/are stumped for ideas?
That never happens. Kidding- it does once in a while, and when it does, there are plenty of fun distractions that
lead me right back down the path of inspiration. I read, get outdoors, travel, hang with friends, go dancing and
throw some napping, cleaning, organizing, and exercise into the mix, and before long, the creative juices get
flowing again. I've learned not to force it, because solutions or ideas never round themselves out when I strain for
them. These days the most down time I seem to need when this happens is two days. By day two, though I've
forbidden myself to pick up so much as a piece of printer paper and a crayon, the itch starts to return (usually late
at night), and I have to make myself go to bed and reserve the force of it for a new day.
A little known fact about your work?
Some pieces "chase" me around for years in my mind before I get around to them. Some pieces can be finished in
a day, while others can be started, but then can't be moved forward for a year or more, until one day lightning
strikes, and I'm able to finish them in an instant. I can't force them before they've incubated for a while, because I
never like the end result when they're forced, so I stay busy with other pieces. It helps to always have a bunch of
projects going at one time.
What would you do if you weren't an artist?
I would probably pursue something in sciences and/or engineering, because I love discovering how things work,
and creating more efficient ways to do things or solutions to everyday problems.
read more in my VoyageATL feature
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