Elayna Alexandra

I never went to art school. I didn’t go because I didn’t believe I was worthy, I could never just go to school fulltime I have always needed to work, or try to work, and art school seemed financial impossible and practically foolish. Yet for me as an artist I always feel less then because [...]

I am embarking on a new trip, not a physical trip but rather a personal set of goals to focus on myself as an artist, to expand my portfolios and to hopefully in the process gain gallery representation, and illustration work. I have given myself a broad goal of being able to make a substantial [...]

It is interesting how pain can reflect us inwards, turning us to be quiet. One of the few times when I was little I would shut up would be when I was sick, I guess in part that is still true though I am working on becoming quieter, more of listener then a talker. I [...]

I dream of great big things. I have amazing goals and aspirations, things so far from reach. I want to do wonderful things, good things, make a difference, be a superstar. And then I have reality. Bills, and pay that never is enough to stretch and meet the demands of our budget. There is so [...]

Networking, it is the buzzword these days, what everyone says you have to do. It is how you land a job, how you sell an art print, how you find your lover, how you taste the right food and wine, it is the panacea for life. Yet how do you do it, how do you [...]

I have been thinking about how it is important for me to get back to being more active as an artist, I am feeling my self coming out of my slump. Of course I don’t have time to do some of the grand things that I would like to do but I do have time [...]

Chelsea, your hair of strawberry blond is just a memory now,
The way ones hand would get lost in its thickness.
When I knew you were blind,
Bumping your head here and there.
Your one remaining eye, a glaze.
Oozing out, staining your fur.
But you had a heart of gold.
You loved.
And you were loved.
A gentle hand on your neck would [...]

I have a confession to make. I haven’t been making art. I finished up one maybe two pieces this year, stuff I had started last year, I have dabbled in my moleskin, made a thank you card here and there, but I haven’t made art for any extended time period or in any routine. I [...]

Life is connected. We are all connected. Series of events makes up life. These events may seem unrelated and individual, but mostly they are connected. Sometimes we don’t understand the connection or reason for them at the time that they happen, sometimes never, other times it is revealed to us. It is said that when [...]

I have been thinking about several things I want to do lately and realized that if I don’t write them down I will more then likely forget them, and ultimately loose out on accomplishing them.
A short list of things I want to do in the next five years:
Meet President Obama and Michelle Obama
Write a rough [...]