Welcome to the Artist Mindset Blog
Lessons for the heart-expanding Artist.
September 16, 2023
I was watching a video with Hawaiian wise man Ke’oni Hanalei this week, and he was talking about how we compare ourselves to others. It was really beautiful, because as Artists this is something that can really shut us down. For example, have you ever been perusing instagram or youtube […]
September 10, 2023
Some great artists have said that you have to “show up” whether you’re inspired or not – and that’s the only way to make art. While part of that is true, you do have to show up, we all know the truth: You also have to be motivated and […]
August 29, 2023
You know that moment in a painting where you want to take it from GOOD to GREAT It can be scary… Sometimes it’s hard to know what’s the next step to take in your painting. Or you might be afraid to ruin it. Here’s a quickie video I wanted to […]
August 19, 2023
One of the loveliest things in life is being in the creative flow. You know, when you lose track of time and get lost in painting for hours? This week and I taught women in Telluride Colorado how to paint mixed media song birds. We only had an afternoon, but […]
August 2, 2023
Mischelle Davis hadn’t completed a full painting in 30 years. Even though she’d had a successful marketing career and raised a now-graduating son, she still thought about her Art every day. “It’s torture (to not paint for so long). Anytime I was working with creative people, I thought, ‘Could […]
July 31, 2023
Have you been dabbling in Art for decades? Do you have an Art dream you want to unearth, and share with the world? My student Mischelle had a dream to do an Art exhibit in a vineyard. She told me about her dream earlier this year, and it seemed so […]
July 6, 2023
If you’re ready to make your Art highly successful, this video is for you – discover the one bi🌟g thing you gotta have. There are two attitudes I see regularly when talking with Artists. One of the attitudes will make your Art dream a reality, the other will keep you […]
June 26, 2023
I keep hearing women making this one devastating mistake with their art. Many women fill up their day with the smaller things, feeling overwhelmed with cleaning and things that are less important than their art. This steals your life energy and leaves you with no time or bandwidth to be […]
June 18, 2023
This week I led an Art Retreat in northern Arizona. Do you know what the biggest takeaways were for these women, along with making art? Having a CREATIVE COMMUNITY of women, and NURTURING themselves. These three things, art, community and nurture, were so powerfully fulfilling that everyone said they wanted […]
May 28, 2023
So I’ve been working on an entirely new series of paintings. You’ve probably heard about Artists who create a “body of work”, and do a solo show. Maybe you’ve done one yourself. I’ve spent a fair amount of time creating a lot of new paintings for new solo exhibit, and all the inspirations, colors […]
May 7, 2023
Are you longing to create your Art life? This week I spoke with a woman who was in tears because she’s been wanting to reconnect with her painting for her entire adult life. She wasn’t supported by her parents, but instead was encouraged to take a more traditional job that […]
April 25, 2023
Laurie needed to find her voice as an artist. She had recently retired, but couldn’t get into her studio due to self doubt around being treated with a mood disorder. She felt her art could never be good enough again, and that it would be “flat”. In less than a […]
March 11, 2023
Artist Anya Lincoln’s work revolves around one question: What do we do to create the life we want?… And she’s recently written a book about this called I AM. We come into this world free, and then, in order to survive our personal world, we take on “rules” of what […]
February 28, 2023
Sharon was stuck looking at a white canvas. She had taken numerous classes in 2022, but always with teachers who wanted to teach her their own method. She was hard on herself, and felt like she had to create a “masterpiece” every time. In late 2022 something shifted and she […]
February 20, 2023
How do you get ideas from your head onto a canvas… do you paint intuitively, or logically? Sometimes people wonder how to get a drawing or watercolor, or a smaller painting onto a canvas. I also have people ask me how to go big, it can be intimidating. But I […]
February 5, 2023
Hellow fellow Artist, Today I’m being vulnerable and sharing with you how I brought my own Art into alignment with my life, and everything started flowing … Enjoy the video! XO Kellie
January 31, 2023
Did you know that one of the biggest reasons women don’t move their art forward is because they are in Overwhelm? Life presents us with so many things we need to take care of. It’s hard to focus. Overwhelm is a very common thing, so don’t feel bad if this […]
January 16, 2023
Hello Creative Soul, If you don’t dream about the Art life you want, you’ll stay in the same place, doing “what needs to be done” each day. How would it feel to be in the same place in January 2024? If that feels sad to you, then take some time this morning […]
December 21, 2022
Join me as I read from Steven Pressfield’s book, The War of Art. Take a closer look at where self-criticism comes from, and how to be a resilient, professionally minded Artist! Hi, I’m sitting here in my comfy clothes, no makeup, just me and my coffee. Morning is a sacred […]
December 4, 2022
Hello creative soul, What do you want for your one precious Art life in 2023? Do you want to wake up each morning and be swept away by life’s to-do’s, putting out one fire after another? And reliving that same life each day? … Or do you want to live […]