* registration is now open for the JOY retreat i’m teaching at up on the oregon coast… painting, polaroids and cooking! and the sea 🙂
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* my friend cindy featured me recently for her sketchbook stories on an illustration i did for the cute magazine “baby bug”!
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* toffee magazine is out! they did an interview with me for their current issue! you can download it here for only $2.95!
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xoxo
mati
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