Art Supply House & Custom Framing

Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. ~ Robert Fulgham I have always loved wandering about the aisles of art stores (so my job is awesome!) And, as you may guess, I have a pretty good collection […]

Tell your own story and you will be interesting. ~ Louise Bourgeois   I recently watched this TED Talk about telling your story. The speaker explains how looking for a story each day will do a few different things – it will slow down time and allow you to never “lose” a day. It will help […]

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Prouse   It amazes me how good life is. I get to live in a beautiful location, surrounded by awesome people. If I have a question or want to know how to do […]

Once you start down the road of art and painting, it’s a drug. I’m not happy if I’m not painting. ~ Peter Campbell   …. to play with art supplies. Wait, it’s always that season! We have been having a blast – a whole new line of markers have arrived (that are only available a couple […]

I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: Entertainment is one of the most important things in people’s lives. Without it, they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you’re […]

If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright   It’s the fall/winter season – which means that we’re busy gearing up for the holidays at the […]

Experience, even for a painter, is not entirely visual. ~ Walter Meigs It was so much fun to see everyone in their costumes and the decorated houses and store-fronts! I love any excuse for people – even those who “aren’t creative” – to express their creativity. My sugar buzz has nearly worn off from all […]

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. ~ Coretta Scott King In a past life I was actively involved in the art community in Lexington, Kentucky in a variety of different roles. After moving away I really missed those experiences and have really enjoyed that aspect […]

Drawing is learning to see and so is writing ~ David McCullough I’ve always thought that the secret to any art (whether representative or not) is learning how to see. You learn to see through the practice of looking – though it looks like you’re practicing drawing or mimicking or some other activity. Sometimes you […]

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. ~ Ayn Rand As children we play with legos or doll houses, build forts and play houses. Naturally, we design the world around us. We imagine it to be one way […]