I was sitting in my parents' house in Indianapolis watching Facebook lives of National Guard helicopters land in the mall parking lot. After Hurricane Florence blew through (or, rather, sat, dumping rain in one place for three days), Wilmington turned into an island. The group that sprouted up at …
Push Button To Start
"Ok, here are the picture frames. I'm painting you a 9x12, so look for one that will fit it. I'm going to look at the paper." I went to visit my friend Brie. (Brie the Plant Lady!) After a super duper hot stroll around J.C. Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, we were headed to Wegmans to pick up …
The Salsa Won’t Eat Itself?
"HEY EVERYBODY DON'T FORGET THERE'S A SALSA BAR SET UP OVER THERE AND THE SALSA ISN'T GONNA EAT ITSELF!" "EVERYBODY GRAB YOUR DOLLARS!" "SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE FROM ALABAMA AND COUSIN MARIA!" "SHOUT OUT TO CASSIE ON BAR" "SHOUT OUT TO JONATHAN." "PLEASE EAT THE CHURROS." (They are …
THE TREE COLLECTORS
Hey guys! It's Katie.I jumped at the chance to help my friend Amy Stewart share the word about her new book. As you know, she's been instrumental in helping me enjoy my art journey and I know her new book will be enjoyable and informative for you. Without further ado, here's Amy! About ten …
Gimme that!
"Hey what's in that tin?" "Ok, give me one please." "Which chocolates are in here? Ok, I'll take one." "WAIT! Add this to the order please!" "OMG when you find these they're usually $100. I'll take it!" Welcome to summer shorts with GOW. Today's topic: Gimme that. I was …
Moon Units
36 hours in-state and I could see why New Mexico has a reputation for contact with alien life. You're SO HIGH UP (closer for space ships to land). There's NO COVER (lots of room for landing). It's . . . different. There's a musical highway*, for goodness sake. Before jaunting to NM, …
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
My headshot has been replaced with a genuine "Insert picture here" moment. I'll be back next month. I call my parents every morning while I'm taking Bogart to daycamp. One Friday after Thanksgiving Dad said he had something to discuss with me. Could I call him later? Here's what we had …
Try the Soup
"ORDER FOR KATIE!" I collected my ham biscuit from the counter of this bougie new place in Wilmington that's a coffee shop by day and a disco bar by night. It has the requisite mid century modern decor, a hipster name (The Ibis, cousin establishment to The Starling down the road) and a …
What Are You Going to Do With That?
"What are you going to do with that?" "Look at it occasionally." "Can I buy that?" "Uh, no. It's in my sketchbook." "You should sell those." During dinner after the first day of urban sketching workshops at MISA (Madeline Island School of Arts) on Madeline Island, Wisconsin, my fellow …
Do you see what I see?
"In a few months you'll drive by a building and you won't think 'yellow building', you'll think 'Cadmium yellow'," Amy said to me. "You'll look at something on Instagram and think, 'I wonder how they did that?' and then you'll try to figure out how to do it …
