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2020, AN UNPLUGGED START

Happy 2020 friends, and Happy Black History Month! I ended last year in a slight slump. I felt mentally out of control and overwhelmed by...

2019 MY YEAR OF YES

At the beginning of this year I felt sure that amazing things would happen. I had a positive attitude and an open heart for all possibili...

Each project presents a moment of growth: Illustrating a children's book!

Wow wow wow friends! I cant believe I tackled a dream project! I finally illustrated a children's book for an e-book company that I found...

Since Lodged Out...

The last six months have been, simply put, amazing! When I received a scholarship to attend Lodged Out’s winter session this past Februar...

Finding Inspiration in the PNW: My Lodged Out experience

Its crazy how these things happen. I was laying in bed just doing that mindless scroll we all do before we call it a day when a new frien...

Behind the Artwork: Comfortably Excluded Podcast

Some of the best ideas start with two friends chatting over a drink with no real intentions. That was the case for Montyy and I one night...

2018 New Years Resolutions: Looking back. Moving forward.

Wow. 2017 is really ending. So much has happened in the world (which can go without saying) and so much has happened to me personally. Ta...

Life's "Passion Fruits": Combining multiple skills and interests to find new inspirati

HAPPY DECEMBER! This is the time of year when people take a deep dive into themselves to analyze, reflect, and plan to change for the bet...

Inktober 2017: Accepting challenges as a creative

Every year when October comes around it sparks excitement into us for a few reasons. The weather cools down, the leaves begin to fall, an...

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Jitterbug

Art Studio

Illustrations and Paintings by Latasha Dunston