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Happy Creating in 2026

This Christmas, I allowed myself to pause. I stepped away from curating elements and gave my attention back to creating, simply for myself. I noticed how easily I can become overstimulated when researching collections, surrounded by endless imagery and ideas, and how necessary it is for me to turn inward instead. To sit with my thoughts, my emotions, and what I truly feel ready to express.

That time felt calm, nourishing, and quietly productive. I’m sharing a few images from those days below, created without pressure or expectation. As we step into a new year, I want to wish you all a happy and creative 2026. My intention for my artwork moving forward is to keep listening inward, to create from my own voice, shaped by emotion, experience, and life as it unfolds. I'm curious about your creative new year resolutions. Please feel free to comment underneath.


✦ Quick Tips: Feeling Stuck?


Clip an Image to a Shape, a technique I frequently go to and lately used in my 'Wild Souls' Series.


Step 1: Choose an image you love

Start with a photograph or artwork that already draws you in. This works especially well if you love the image as a whole but aren’t sure how to use it yet.


Step 2: Create or select a shape

Add a simple or interesting shape in Photoshop. This could be geometric, organic, or slightly imperfect—something that feels like it could hold a story.


Step 3: Clip the image to the shape

Place your image above the shape in the Layers panel and create a clipping mask. The image will now sit neatly inside the shape, creating an instant new frame.


Step 4: Adjust the shape to suit the image

Warp the shape, resize it, or subtly distort it until it complements the subject inside. Let the image guide the form rather than forcing it to fit.


  1. original image

  2. abstract shape

  3. clipped image


Step 5: Begin building the scene

Once you’re happy with the relationship between image and shape, start adding backgrounds, foreground elements, and textures. Work slowly, building in layers.


Step 6: Refine and respond

Adjust opacity, blend modes, and placement as you go. Pay attention to how the piece feels rather than aiming for a fixed outcome.


Step 7: Know when to stop

Stop when the artwork feels balanced and complete—resolved, not overworked. Trust that instinct.


Wild Souls


Retro Circles and Between Worlds are two mixed-media collage series created within the constraints of a circular form. Working inside this boundary pushed my creativity in unexpected and exciting directions, allowing the compositions to evolve in ways they otherwise might not have. I especially love how the added graphic elements bring a sense of rhythm and structure to each piece.

These works were created with contemporary interiors in mind, thoughtfully exploring a range of colour palettes so they can sit comfortably across different spaces and moods.


Retro Circles


Between Worlds


New Collections in my Digital Element Shop


Here are a whole string of newish and brand new collections that you can find in my digital elements shop for creatives.




Here’s an Update on Some Previous Collections.


I’ve recently added more backgrounds to Overlay & Textures Collection, special effects to Light & Magic, painterly effects and canvases to Oil Paint Effects, figures to Conceptual Black & White, gold and silver Textures/ backgrounds to Metallic Art Studio and water elements to Water Overlay Collection. If you’ve previously purchased these collections and have lost the PSD files or download links, please don’t hesitate to contact me through my website — I’ll respond as soon as possible. I kindly ask that you keep these links private, as they’re intended only for customers who’ve purchased the collections and may need to re-download or access updated versions.


Thank you for stopping by and hope that I have a added something interesting to your creative day.


For those that are not familiar with photoshop and image artistry, I highly recommend Sebastian Michaels' Photo Artistry Course. It's a great way to learn photoshop and to learn how to express yourself through this digital art form.


Please let me know if you have any questions or requests. Thank you for visiting my website.

 
 
 

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