New Beginnings

Lindsey and I are finally settled in to our new house across town, which means an all new studio for me to work in! I’ve been so swamped with moving that I haven’t had time to do much more than finish a coloring page, but I hope to be up and running again by the end of the month. 

Attached to the outside of my studio room is an outdoor cat play area (dubbed “catio,” or “cateria”), which my cat Zaylee is just now starting to utilize. Hilarity.

I’m also starting in a new elementary art teaching position within Asheville City Schools this week. This is basically my dream job and I can’t wait to really settle into a classroom I can call my own instead of shuffling around every school year. 

Classroom in motion

A series of still images strung together. I took a picture from (more or less) the same place in my art room after each class for about 2 weeks.

It's fun to focus on an individual object and follow it around room. Try the door, the palette on the marker board, or any of the baskets on the work tables.

BCS Art Show

My day job has been eating up a lot of my free time these past few weeks, so unfortunately I haven't had much energy to chisel away at my coloring book project. With the drawing time I do have, I'm giving myself a brain break and revising and digitizing some earlier pages. I'll be back with some new art later in the month.

Fortunately, my day job is pretty awesome, so I'll be posting some more images related to my work as an art teacher at an Asheville elementary school.

Here's some pictures of the Buncombe County Schools Art Show, on display at the Asheville Mall until May 5th. Every elementary, intermediate, and middle school art teacher in the county was given a large bulletin panel to highlight some of the best art made in our classrooms. My school is K-4.

3rd Grade- Acrylic on canvas

2nd Grade- Hybrid animals

2nd Grade- Blue Ridge Mountains

1st Grade- City skylines

K- Dream house