Category: Studio
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Annabel Lee: A Mixed-Media Gel Print Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
Building a Mixed-Media Piece From Ink, Paint, Poetry, and a Little Bit of Risk There are some art projects that begin with a clear plan. This was not really one of those. This piece began with Edgar Allan Poe’s Annabel Lee—a poem I’ve always found both beautiful and deeply unsettling. It is romantic, mournful, obsessive,…
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Not Defined by Darkness
An Original Mixed-Media Plague Doctor Portrait Some artworks begin as carefully developed ideas. Others begin with an image that refuses to leave you alone. For this mixed-media piece, that image was the plague doctor: an unmistakable figure with a long beaked mask, shadowed clothing, and a history surrounded by fear, mystery, illness, and attempted protection.…
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Creativity & Family in my Leisure Time
In my leisure time, what I enjoy most is making things. Not in a “Pinterest-perfect, look-at-me” way—more like the kind of making that helps me breathe again. If I’ve had a long day, or my brain is buzzing, or I just feel off, I can usually get back to “me” by working on mosaic or…
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Welcoming a New Chapter
This year, we have had big changes If you’ve landed here and noticed a few things look a little different—you’re right. This space is changing, and so are we. What began as a place to share stories of fatherhood and life in mid-transition is now becoming something new: Day-Storms Studio, our dedicated art studio specializing…
