What a year I had! April held two significant milestones. My art was published in a magazine for the first time! My pattern designs were published in the 6th Surface Pattern Design Guide published by UPPERCASE Magazine.

I also had a solo exhibition in April at the Art Hub in Cambridge. The reception was on Friday, April 4. I sold 4 pieces at the opening.

I taught a number of Zentangle and Art Journaling classes at the Art Hub and for my Unitarian Universalist congregation fundraiser.

For the first time, ever, I was a presenter at an online art festival, Block Printing Fest in October! It was very challenging and even more fun and rewarding.

I finished many small works of art and 2 very large ones. Spring Metta Mediation has been exhibited at UW Hospital and Diversity and Inclusion will be exhibited there in summer of 2026. I had art in a few galleries and exhibited other pieces at the hospital and various venues throughout the year.

In May I gave art fairs a last shot and confirmed that this is not for me. I was in the Madison Art Guild tent at the Middleton Art Walk.

I got a variety of notecards and other printed materials at 2 locations, the Art Hub in Cambridge, WI and the Madison Art Market at 5944 Odana Road in Madison, WI. Coming soon, Madison Art Market will have print on demand products with my art available on their website. I added a lot of new art to my print on demand page on Fine Art America. My art on puzzles was a particular favorite this year.

I also participated in a number of Instagram challenges and became obsessed with paper bag art journals to capture my results. I participated in Figment of Your Imagination in January and created a mandala using Zentangle fragments over the course of the month. The 100 day challenge has been a favorite of mine for years. It really allows me to explore something in depth. This year I had some health challenges and didn’t participate as regularly as I have in the past but I tried to make some art every day. It allowed me to complete the Spring Metta Meditation piece. I also participated in the Index Card a Day challenge in June and July and it led to the piece Diversity and Inclusion. It is a mandala that I cut up into index card shaped pieces and worked on them individually. October brings Print Inktober and I created my first paper bag book to capture all the fun Zentangle and block printed things I created that month. I closed off the year with my favorite challenge, Carve December. I carved more than 60 blocks and created another paper bag journal to document that journey.