Artist’s Statement

For the last 15+ years, I’ve started nearly every day with a pen and paper, practicing what Julia Cameron—author of The Artist’s Way—calls Morning Pages: three pages of longhand, stream-of-consciousness writing done first thing each morning. This ritual has been my daily refuge, a place to explore my feelings, sort through what I believe, dream, grieve, and desire. It’s where I’ve worked out what I think, and who I am.

But in recent years, the pages began to feel stale. No prompts, oracle cards, or new pens could revive the spark. Instead, I found myself pulled more and more toward paint—first watercolor, then acrylic, and now abstract mixed media on both paper and canvas. The words had taken me as far as they could. The next chapter needed to be written in color, texture, and shape.

Where the Ink Ran Out is a continuation of that inner dialogue—just without the sentences. During this 10-day residency, I’ll begin each day the way I always have: with morning pages. But this time, I’ll also pay attention to what can’t be said on the page. What feelings resist language? What ideas stretch beyond the edge of the paper?

Using those questions as my compass, I’ll translate the unsayable into 8–10 original works of abstract mixed media—each one a visual meditation, a painted page, an emotional map. This residency is not just about making art; it’s about listening to the silence after the ink runs dry—and discovering what speaks there.

https://www.thepaintedway.com/where-the-ink-ran-out