We’re Back!.. Almost!

I feel like I keep saying this, but I am so sorry that it feels like Ink Stick fell off the radar the last couple of years. The truth is, we started out needing some time to ourselves when COVID started the spring of 2020 and that self-reflection time turned into finding a balance with business and our family.

When the pandemic started, we shut down all group workshops. I continued private lessons and experimented with painting kits. I was enjoying painting for myself and not just lessons. But… I felt like I was missing an arm without my lesson planning and sharing them with my art kids. Since opening the studio, the kids became a part of my identity. So much so, that people still think of me as the art lady. It is 2023 now. We have moved across the country. We operate a successful Etsy shop. I host virtual private lessons. We are planning retirement from the military in the near future. And my heart is still with my art workshops.

My husband and I have found a calling serving military families and communities. And we enjoy serving through art in the form of classes, sharing knowledge, and expressing our appreciation for others’ service. This is the foundation for our future studio.

I will not be opening up art workshops in my home again, but we are on a path to getting back to workshops in the near future in a studio. And that means we have a little more push up the hill to get there.