Simmering Starfruit

Maybe it’s the amount of focus needed to draw something, or to set up the conditions for a photograph, or maybe it’s just a result of an intrinsic need to create something – I don’t know, but something I do know is that the best art happens for me when I’m driven to do it, no matter the lack of motivation. Motivation is pretty difficult for me, and I am very hard on myself, so keeping a constant artistic routine is important to my productivity. Without some form of routine, I just wouldn’t create anything, despite a strong desire to create art. Overcoming thoughts of perfectionism is something I constantly strive to do. But, I am finding peace with my art these days – plus a lot of the best art (and food) comes from making mistakes!

I love photographing and drawing foliage and botanical elements, so that’s likely a common theme to appear across my site as a whole. I quite enjoy drawing foliage that is in different stages of blooming and fading away.

In 2021 I was gifted an Ipad and started drawing with Procreate. I like the versatility the program provided me with my illustrations. Being left-handed, I no longer had big smudge marks across my hand and my artwork.

When I was looking for ways to incorporate video games more into my daily life in a productive way, I immediately decided – I can do video game inspired illustrations, and cook video game recipes and photograph them! Two years later I’m still constantly inspired to keep doing more of this.