What do i call what i do?

In a world of personal branding, art doesn't always fit into a neat little box. I sometimes envy artists who focus on one discipline—painting, for example.

What do I call what I do?

I sometimes struggle to define my art. Is it decorative assemblage? Collage? Gothic home accents? Mixed media? The answer seems to change depending on what I'm working on. One week I'm creating collage on canvas panels. The next I'm transforming a vintage object with layers of paper, paint, and embellishment. Some pieces are meant to hang on a wall, while others are intended to become part of someone's home.

For a long time, I viewed this as a weakness. The advice is everywhere: find your niche, pick a lane, become known for one thing. But the projects that excite me most rarely stay in their lane. A collage idea leads to a found object. A flea market discovery sparks an entirely new collection. The more I try to define my work by a specific medium, the more I realize that curiosity has always been the thing guiding it.

When I step back and look at the work as a whole, I do see common threads. Vintage materials. Transformation. Storytelling. Objects with history. Maybe the medium isn't the point. Maybe the point is following those threads wherever they lead.

Part of why I started this journal—and this site in general—is to give you an inside look into my art practice. My inspiration, thoughts, works in progress, and the questions I'm still figuring out along the way. Maybe I can't define my art with a single word, but I hope you'll follow along with me on the journey.