You guys. Stop whatever you’re doing and read this interview with Maria Bennett Hock. Maria is a military spouse and painter who specializes in portraits. She blogs consistently about her work and her process. She is a warm, joyful woman and I’ve felt privileged to get to know her a bit through her blog, our …
Hello MilspoFANs, and Happy Thursday! I wanted to share an image with you that was created by the daughter of a military family who is in her first year of art school and still manages to make time to connect with MilspoFAN. In this illustration, Carly Dilday responds to MilspoFAN’s recent interview with Victoria Kelly. …
Welcome readers! I’m so excited to kick off what I hope will be a long series of interviews with military spouse artists. These interviews will give you a little information about some of our talented members and the work that they are doing. I encourage you to reach out after you’ve read the interview to …
I had the wonderful opportunity to commission some artwork for the site from Carly Dilday, the daughter of a military family this summer. Carly has headed off to art school this fall to pursue her passion for illustration. She was gracious enough to create some lovely illustrations for MilspoFAN before she left. I’m excited to share …
Hello Dear MilspoFAN readers, With the passing of Labor Day, Summer 2016 is now unofficially complete! For my family this has meant the addition of a new baby and a PCS move across the country. This week is the beginning of our newest normal. The boxes are unpacked and Mr. MilspoFAN is back at work. Firstborn child …
Welcome back, Dear Readers! Soooo… it’s everyone’s least favorite writing assignment, the dreaded “About Me” post. Woe is me! Yes, please, let me go ahead and sum up my entire being in a few paragraphs-sounds easy and fun and not at all intimidating and reductionistic *teenage eye roll*… I’ve started this post three or four …
Welcome back, Creative Squirrels! Has this ever happened to you? You’re a couple of months away from a PCS move when you meet a lovely human being. Someone who would make an inspiring artistic collaborator and friend. Oh, the things you could do and create, if only you weren’t moving! You daydream wistfully (or pissed-fully?) …
Welcome back, Beauties! We begin today with bit of self-indulgent context for today’s post: I’m nearing the end of one of those wildly productive but crazy-making two-week periods where everything is happening at once. You totally know what I’m talking about. You feel overwhelmed and overcommitted, but when you start ticking big things off your …
Standby Lights 1, Sound 1 Dancers, Places. Thank you, Places! Light 1…Go. Sound 1… Go. Curtain… Go. My dear readers, Greetings & Salutations! Welcome to the Military Spouse Fine Artists Network blog. Let me introduce the network- how it came to be and what to expect. It …