Luna Creative

05/18/2026

After 3 big weekend events in the span of 2 weeks, it was SO GOOD to be back at Sketch Club last Saturday!

deserves all of the flowers for captaining the ship while I was exhibiting at and 💐🌸🌼

We're cooking up a really fun project for this Saturday's Sketch Club on May 16th--DM me to learn more!

03/17/2026

It's market season! I'm delighted to be a first-timer at a number of markets this Spring 🌸

First up is Mayapple at and Dogwood Arts Festival (), followed a week later by (also at Ijams)

On Sunday night, I got word that I was accepted into Retropolitan and last night, I was accepted into the !

01/10/2026

Some of my favorite signs from the protest

01/06/2026

First watercolor of the new year--a cheerful collection of lobster buoys. I have some cool plans for these which I'm excited to share soon.

You can see this painting, part of a whole new body of work that I'll be debuting at the festival at the end of April!

12/16/2025

My first AGU conference* has been amazing! last night I got hang out with THE Michael Mann in a science policy get together and hear about the decades-long fight to advance climate science from the front lines. Today, I'm all set up and ready for this afternoon's poster session, another first!

* American Geophysical Union, the largest science conference in the world with 20,000 plus people)

04/28/2025

12/20/2024

I had so much fun painting this watercolor sunrise as a Christmas present for ! You always learn something with each painting--here I think I'm getting a better handle on water surfaces and reflections. If you'd like a print of this painting, just shoot me a message.

10/07/2024

Hey y'all! Today is the last day to register to vote in the state of Tennessee! You can also check your registration status or update your status at https://sos.tn.gov/govotetn

Get registered, go vote! 🗳️

04/02/2024

So good to be home after being in the hospital for the last 2 days!

**PRO TIP** To have ANY hope of getting discharged quickly, give them a deadline. I finally thought to say I had to leave to take care of my son. Otherwise I could still be in the hospital waiting for a form! Once convinced that you're going to live, you become a much lower priority 😂

04/01/2024

I've been at the ER all day, now admitted for an overnight stay, to treat an aggressive and dangerous throat abscess (4.5 cm at its largest point). I've started calling it The Monster cuz I can't sleep properly, I can't eat, and it demands all my attention.

Here are a few things I picked up at the hospital:

At the ER waiting room, you are surrounded by so many different stories and heightened drama. One man who clearly hadn't talked to anybody about his medical fears started crying when talking with the admitting nurse.

If you have a choice, it's better to go over the weekends then on Monday or Tuesday. And it's always better to go earlier in the day.

UT Medical Center is doing an excellent job. I've been through many (too many) hospital experiences with my mom and except for the long wait times, I'm pretty impressed.

UT Medical will start diagnostic procedures while you're waiting which speeds up the process.

Medical staff post covid are even more sensitive to tone. When asking for something, ask nicely.

When describing your symptoms, just be straightforward. Don't play up anything, don't play down anything. This dispassionate approach harkins back to med school training and helps the providers take you seriously.

It's very hard to listen to a patient in pain get shot down by a nurse because he didn't ask nicely to get up out bed. Sometimes you just got to be a decent human, listen to the words, and ignore the tone.

Fortunately, although I've been really sick, I've been v nice to everybody and that has helped a lot.

Apple juice tastes awesome when you haven't had anything to eat in over 24 hours! I've actually lost 3.5 lb just over the weekend.

No matter how awful you feel, an IV drip will perk you up. Seriously, I'm tempted to get one for home use.