Hello fellow art challenge people. Sorry to be so non-participatory, but so far I've only been able to do the challenges on the weekend, so I've been pulling marathons. Finally took some photos in decent light, so here we go. I may not finish everything by the end of January, but will try my best. And I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing what everyone else has done for the challenges.

About me - I just want to make stuff - like, sometimes I feel like ALL I want to do is exercise, and make stuff. And this challenge has just heightened that desire. I wish I could retire! A big thank you, Peyton, this project has been amazing at firing up the creativity, even though I'm so far behind. I love to paint, play with fabric, do photography, play with all kinds of materials, learning my way around a glue gun (if anyone has any tips for the best glue gun and glue stick, please sing out - the ones I have don't always seem to do the job, but maybe it's because I'm trying to glue stuff to weird surfaces sometimes?). Nature is a huge inspiration for most of the stuff I make or photograph. In the past, when I've been painting, it seems like no matter what I start to paint (sometimes working from a photograph) it always turns into a seascape with lots of clouds. LOVE clouds. If we ever do this again, I'm putting in for a leave of absence from work for the month. But for now, am doing the marathon thing to try to catch up at least a little. Cheers!