As Sinéad O’Connor said:”We weren’t raised to long for ourselves. [I guess my message for younger women is]: Long for yourself.”
Long for yourself
Originally published in July 2023 in Blog, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
Spot Drawing Love
Originally published in March 2023 in Blog
Archetypes
Originally published in November 2022 in Blog
Lois played the zany-kooky card because that’s what women in showbiz (who looked like her) did in the early 1960s. Men called her a “character,” but never a “creature.” Only femme fatales were creatures. These were the two choices for women who put themselves out there. The lack of range felt inside both camps was […]
Practice Makes Better
Originally published in November 2022 in Blog
Does your boss make you work weekends?
Originally published in July 2022 in Blog, Toronto Illustrators
It’s important that our bosses and clients don’t set Monday deadlines that pressure us into working on the weekends. (Working for yourself is another story). By speaking up en masse, we can steer our culture into recognizing that weekends are sacred time that are meant to be spent how we see fit: napping, doing laundry, […]
Happy Pride!
Originally published in June 2022 in Blog
During Pride Month, I’m remembering Keith Haring, one of the gentlest humans to have walked this earth. We owe it to ourselves to keep his irrepressibly hopeful art dances going. Cue up Keith’s friend, Madonna: Everybody spread the word We’re gonna have a celebration All across the world In every nation It’s time for the […]
Working For Free
Originally published in April 2022 in Blog, Toronto Illustrators
Building your castle on someone else’s land is deceptively simple and attractive … until the landlord changes the terms on you. Etsy sellers are facing a 30% hike in their transaction fees. The plugins exist to go out on your own. Sure, it will take time, but what you get back in pride and ownership […]
Kay Thompson
Originally published in April 2022 in Blog, Toronto Illustrators
Art Classes: Cocoa & Paint
Originally published in March 2022 in Art Classes, Blog, Toronto Illustrators
