One Memory

I was interviewed about the Arctic Circle Residency last week, and was asked about one memory that sticks out. It was so hard to narrow down, but the one that I ended up sharing was from our first full day at sea. 
Everything was new and our first time - first time on a zodiac, making landing, using snow shoes, hiking together in the snow. It was also our first chance to work on whatever we felt like working on, on-site, in the cold, snow-adjacent.
I pulled out all of my usual supplies - a small stool that I perched on the rocks, my Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook and my watercolors. And because I have all of my usual supplies, because I've sketched with my little stool and my Stillman & Birn and my watercolors and my favorite pens, I just sat down and sketched, and was able to take in and focus on this incredible landscape because I wasn't fussing with my materials. I was all set.

Come see my talk at the Dixon in January to hear more about my adventures!
Dixon Gallery & Gardens Munch & Learn
4339 Park Ave, Memphis, TN
January 7, 2026, noon
(It's free!)

Join me at ShapeShifter Art School and Gallery to learn to get comfortable with your own sketchbook and to sketch your world!
Getting Comfortable with Your Sketchbook
January 15-29, 2026
6:00-9:00 pm
three-week class on Thursday nights
Sketching Your Everyday World,
Saturday, February 14, 2026
one-day class
1:00-6:30 pm


Happy Holidays!