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Tools of the Trade: Aloha Art Studio A Happy Space to Create In Being lucky enough to be a full time artist, I am grateful to have a happy space to create art in. First thing I did was paint the [...]

Greeting Cards for Valentine’s Day! Do you love Happy Mail? I sure do! I created greeting cards for Valentine’s Day /Galentine’s Day to help you send a bit of happy to your [...]

  A Behind The Scenes Moment in Watercolor Painting. Here’s a quick behind the scenes view of my watercolor painting process.   I like to start my paintings with laying out a few [...]

Artistic Inspiration and New Ideas for Gifts  Updated 2/14/18   Artistic Inspiration and new ideas for gifts often comes from a helpful suggestion from my friends and fans.  Here is the [...]

Finding Inspiration for Creativity I spend lots of time indoors in my art studio painting away the hours.   I am lucky enough to work in such a beautiful studio with a view of my bamboo and [...]

Mixed Media Painting Inspiration I wasn’t quite sure how to start this blog post because to be honest, I have been a bit overwhelmed with incredible feelings of gratitude. I know, I know. [...]

How To Wrap Art for Shipping I recently framed a few orders, and gifts, of my art that needed to be shipped. I thought it would be helpful if I shared a few of my tips and how to info on how to [...]

Paint Mixing on Canvas I recently posted a couple of videos on my Instagram page showing my technique for paint mixing directly on canvas (also known as: A super fun, quick way to start a new [...]

My Top 5 Examples of Creative Ways to Hang Wall Art Being a creative person, rules tend to be mere suggestions to me (you too?). There are many wonderful guidelines for hanging artwork in a tidy, [...]

Making Big Job Changes…aka: The Dream Team at Mika Harmony Art   Well, that’s a lofty title, but the reality is, I can’t do this alone. About two and a half years ago, after a decade [...]