by Support | Feb 20, 2026
This course explores creative printmaking techniques that do not require a traditional printing press. Designed for artists, educators, and beginners alike, it introduces accessible methods for creating high-quality prints using simple tools, hand pressure, and a...
by Support | Feb 14, 2026
Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) was a Finnish modernist painter, celebrated as one of the most original voices in Nordic art history. She is a treasured icon in Finland and only recently has she begun to get recognition worldwide. Schjerfbeck’s career spanned over 60...
by Support | Jan 26, 2026
There is a lost art of studying the works of others to find your own style. All of the masters were first apprentices. The apprentice sat beside the “masters”, listening to their process, paintbrush in hand, mixing paint, creating strokes that told a story, and...
by Support | Jan 21, 2026
Have you ever looked at a painting of the sea and the movement within the work was so expressive that you could taste the saltwater on your face, feel the breeze whipping through your hair and smell the ocean air? That is the impact I feel when looking at graphite...
by Support | Dec 29, 2025
The changing of seasons can always be an invitation for reflection and sometimes change. It is a physical reminder around us to take the time to notice the changes within us. Whether you are finding yourself in need of finding beauty and rest in the...
by Support | Dec 14, 2025
Join me for Advanced Sessions II | Creatively Made Business. These seven sessions dive into the topics that we hear business owners are needing the most encouragement, support and advice on. Each session is one hour to ninety minutes long and brings focused teaching...
by Support | Nov 27, 2025
Walking through the streets of Paris can take you through many moods. When I wake up in Paris I start every morning walking through the streets as the shop keepers are lifting the grates from the windows, stacking the fruit, putting ice out for the fresh fish and the...
by Support | Nov 25, 2025
Using your favorite family photos or found images, we will create whimsical portraits surrounded by Matisse inspired floral backgrounds. In this 4 hour workshop you will learn how to break down the face, transfer your image to a wood panel, create contour sketched...
by Support | Aug 25, 2025
Welcome to the JO Book Club. Join the group if you enjoy reading books on the lives of artists, creativity in general or thought provoking books about the art world. Each book will be shared with plenty of time to read it and not feel rushed. The book club is held via...
by Support | Jul 22, 2025
There can be this idea that artists go into their space and they create in a private bubble without outside influence. This idea that to not be inspired by others is somehow more pure. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Since the beginning of time artists have...
by Support | May 18, 2025
I have just returned from teaching and creating in the south of France. How do you look at rolling hills, fields of planted wheat and sunflowers, trees dappled throughout and villages on the hilltop and even begin to capture the beauty you are seeing? Join me for this...
by Support | Apr 29, 2025
Join me for the recorded Advanced Sessions | Creatively Made Business. These six sessions dive into the topics that we hear that business owners are needing the most encouragement, support and advice. Each session is 1 hour – 1 hour 30 minutes. Each session...
by Support | Feb 13, 2025
Cy Twombly has long been one of my very favorite abstract artists. I have been fascinated by his mark making language, his use of color (and sometimes complete lack thereof) and that he was diverse on canvas, paper and assemblage. Recently, as I stood in front...
by Support | Jan 17, 2025
Hey Creative! Have you ever been too intimidated by drawing a face? Our Drawing Faces Class is designed to take away ALL the frustration that comes with portraits. We’ve crafted a step-by-step process that will save you time, unleash your creativity, and make you feel...
by Support | Nov 25, 2024
I hope you will join me for this really special online course where I share how to use your gifts for creativity and worship. I have learned the joy and transformation of making praise and worship a priority in my day to day life. I have also seen the intimacy born...
by Support | Nov 19, 2024
Creative habits seem to be one of the most important exercises in my day-to-day life as an artist. I may not always have time in this season to paint large works of art each day, but I can always find time to capture something beautiful in front of me. Everyday Italy...
by Support | Sep 10, 2024
Join 5 artists as we become the “apprentice”. Through discussion and technique videos, each artist will share their module with a woman of abstract expressionism. You’ll learn who their artist studied under, who influenced their work and what techniques and mediums...
by Support | Aug 24, 2024
As design and creative processes have become more and more digital over the years, I’ve noticed an increasing value for using physical creative processes into my work. Sometimes a font will do the trick, but there’s nothing like the humanity and handmade touch that...
by Support | Aug 20, 2024
As I stood in front of the work of Turner at Tate Britain, I knew I wanted to do quick studies of his work with you. As the summer skies are coming to a close and the skies of fall and winter come before us, let’s paint skies with Turner. We will dive into the...
by Support | Sep 11, 2023
Finding flow and getting lost in the moments of creating is one of the most important reasons to make art. There are limitless, sometimes overwhelming options for methods of making, with endless mediums and tools. One way that has stood the test of time is oil...
by Support | Sep 10, 2023
Join Aimee as she guides you on a transformative journey of self-discovery and artistic expression. Drawing from her own experience of profound loss and the subsequent exploration of beauty in unlikely spaces, Aimee invites you to delve into the questions: What is...
by Support | Aug 15, 2023
Georgia O’keeffe’s life embodied the practice of Gesamtkunstwerk, which means” a complete work of art”. A life immersed in beauty. That is how I want to live. A life where my own sense of place, my home, my art, my family and the natural world around me all influence...
by Support | Aug 13, 2023
Everyone needs a place to gather beauty just for beauty’s sake. The purpose of this artist’s journal is to be a gathering place for what captures YOUR attention. What if your creating felt easy and inviting? How would a few minutes a day here and there...
by Support | Jul 19, 2023
In Japanese culture, wabi-sabi is the view or thought of finding beauty in every aspect of imperfection in nature. The idea that nothing is perfect and that’s what makes it beautiful. Seeing the details in simplistic day to day and accepting the wonky and natural...
by Support | Jul 19, 2023
One of the most compelling things about art is being able to capture our response to a moment. A camera can capture the moment down to the last detail, but a drawing or painting tells the story of how the artist interpreted that moment. Painting “en plein...
by Support | Jul 19, 2023
Have you ever noticed how the feeling of AWE is so full and surprising that it can’t be manufactured. It’s a natural response to something that activates a unique joy and wonder in you. True awe is a treasure. I’ve felt it many times like when I...
by Support | Jul 19, 2023
Learn how to create gorgeous pigmented inks from natural elements all around you. Join Auria Bohn in this free video and learn how to make your own natural inks from sources like cabbage, copper and cherries. Making your own inks is a great way to discover new...
by Support | Jul 19, 2023
One of my earliest memories of my Grandma Jeanne was of her gathered with our family and stitching. She would be working on her needlepoint with her basket of threads next to her and conversation going on all around her. Over the years I found my own style and...
by Support | Jul 19, 2023
All around my studio I have bowls of torn abstract lines and forms, cut up vintage fabrics, papers with my marks, odds and ends of vintage trinkets and ephemera and then another full of stitched vintage French linen scraps. Often as I am creating, I will pull these...
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