This past month Corbin and I took our baby to Oahu, Hawaii on what we called a "work-cation." We rented a house, woke up early to work remote, and did all the fun touristy things at a slower pace, exploring the island for an entire month. I love drawing while traveling, so I took my sketchbook everywhere I could (although I ended up doing most of my drawing at our local beaches: Laie Beach, and Malaekahana State Park). This trip marked my first time ever drawing the ocean fro

Lately I’ve been contemplating my relationship with work and play, especially as they relate to my art practice. As modern humans in a modern world, we think of work and play as fundamentally different activities. In fact, the two words are considered opposites. Society’s definition of work brings to mind commutes, chores, cubicles, to-do lists, meetings, never-ending piles of dishes, and a general feeling of fatigue. It’s homework, desks, and memorization. Counting the minu

On January 1st, I started an experiment. I wanted to see if I could go an entire year without a smartphone. As I shared my plan with the people in my life, I heard one of two responses: “Oh, that’s amazing. I want to do that myself!” The other: “I could never do that. I use my phone for everything .” Before 2026, I thought the same. These days you can do everything from banking to paying for groceries to signing contracts entirely on your phone . Taking inventory, I realized