Artist Nichole Rae is different. Her work is different. Her process is different. Technically speaking, she creates multimedia collages, combining pretty bits of paper, stamps, Washi tape and other bits and bobs with hand lettered messages rendered in pen, ink, colored pencil and marker. But she’d be the first to tell you that the final product isn’t necessarily the point. Instead, artist Nichole Rae focuses on the process, the practice, the act of intentionally and consisten

Tesa Klein is the creative mind behind the Wildflowers, Inc. She has a unique take on western, rural, and repurposed style that resonates with so many in the Midwest. Her work was farmhouse chic before it was cool and it’ll remain relevant to her customers long after chalk paint stops being trendy. I’ve re-formatted Katie Ryan-Anderson’s original 2015 post so it better reflects where to find Tesa Klein’s creations and showcases a few of Tesa’s photos of her work and inspirati

A canvas by painter Erica G. Thune is drenched in vivid, saturated color. Her work swirls with motion, pulses with energy. Yet it never feels chaotic. There’s a strong, still center to paintings by the North Dakota artists, all that straight-from-Fauvism color against a calm, crisp background of white. In addition to being a painter, Erica G. Thune is a poet as well. I asked her about what inspires her work, how she arranges her days and her studio space and what she’s workin