After creating the artwork for the 2025 MSA Classic Invitational, an annual surf contest hosted by the Malibu Surfing Association, I was also happy to host my artist booth and coffee bar for the weekend live at the contest Sept 6-7 on the beach in Malibu.

I am just getting started on refurbishing a vintage pepboys sculpture for a friend. It was in rough shape after another fellow tried to fix it up with a few different kinds of materials and then gave up after realizing how much work it would actually be. Luckily I got my art school degree in sculpture and paper mache is one of my favorite materials to work with so I happen to know just what to do! I have spent a few full days on it so far, patching, sanding, sealing and priming the backside and bottom half first. Next up I will be doing the faces and checking all the surface details after a 2nd coat of primer goes on. And then the final step will be matching the original colors and repainting it and sealing it with a clear coat to restore it to it's full glory. I'll share more pictures when I get further along with it but I like sharing these pictures to document the process. Please feel free to share your works in progress here too. I love seeing what you're all up to!

Excited to be here - looking forward to learning and growing. Thank you Janessa for including me.

I'm excited to share that I'm the featured artist for this year's Malibu Surfing Association Classic Invitational Surf Contest. After being selected for this project I first made an original acrylic painting from one of my favorite photos. Then I digitized and made a graphic that will be printed on all the merch for this year's event. After the tragic fires that devastated our community earlier this year it was wonderful to celebrate my love for this very special place with both a fine art painting and a digital graphic 🥰🏄🏻‍♂️🎨 I will have a booth set up at the entrance to the event happening at Surfrider Beach September 6-7. While I am going to be slammed getting a few projects done before the event I will also be keeping an eye on this community and I would love to see your work. Please feel free to post images of your artwork and/or share your feedback on this or other posts. I'm proud to be an active member of the Malibu Surf Association and look forward to building this ARTworkaholic community of like-minded hardworking artists, crafters and creative people who want to learn/share/grow together!

@Jeri Ross @Joanna Gates & @Jen Hayes all get free access to my "Bootcamp for Artists" course! Everyone else can still access this $97 course for a Pre-Launch discounted price of $27 from now until I officially launch. It's a 30 Day Challenge presented in workbook pages that are released each day for 30 days in a row. You can finish the course in 30 days if you'd like or take your time and work at your own pace. I plan to create additional video content for each lesson as time goes on but we are starting out with the workbook and I offer email/chat support and feedback on each assignment as well as a live coaching session after all the assignments are done. So who's next??? Come join us and I'll keep you all posted on more fun ideas coming soon, like group calls, journal/sketchbook prompts and artist blogs/video content.