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I'm Tiana Traffas and I'm an artist. I created this blog as a way to share my work and update you on upcoming shows or markets. I'll fill this space with studio tours, personal stories, in progress works, new series, some mistakes, and flow state musings.

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In Defense of Drawing In Bed

In defense of lazing around mid-day and sketching under the velvet comforter. In defense of romanticizing little moments with...

My Interview with Vacant

This is from my interview with the Vacant Museum. The original post is from 2021 and was featured on their blog. Wisconsin-based artist...

Movies for Artsy Kids

This is post 4 in the Artist/Mother Tips for Creative Kids Series. In my opinion, as an artist and a mother, movies are a great way for...

Happy Winter Solstice

As the darkness closes in, and the snow drifts down to the frozen ground, my art-making slows. I focus on crafting for loved ones. Making...

Holiday Art Pop-up

I had the pleasure of participating in a local holiday pop-up last weekend. The location of the event was a great earth-friendly shop. My...

Art Games

Yeah, we've all played Pictionary or maybe even sculpted playdough for a game of Cranium, but I'm going to introduce you to something you...

Hand Painted Cards

I love mail. I love getting letters and writing letters. I love to receive a handwritten note in my mailbox. I have many notes and...

Mural Project

My preferred surface is paper. I love to paint or draw and paper is great for the multi media work I normally do. I can cut, sew, and...

The Perfect Christmas Gift

In a culture of free two day shipping, fast fashion, endless trend cycles, and a constant need for the newest thing, personalized art is...

Why You Should Buy Art from Working Artists

In honor of Small Buisness Saturday (Nov 26th) and Artist Sunday (The Sunday after Thanksgiving) lets shop small buisness and support...

Toys for Creative Kids

This is post 3 from the Artist/Mother Tips for Creative Kids Series. I am starting to realize that I have a bit of a series going here!...

Feminism and the Body in My Art

This is a transcript from a recent audio journal entry, although it has been edited because like, I can't stop saying "like." *forehead...

An Art Education I Didn't Realize I Had

I am a self-taught artist. I never even considered higher education. It. Was. Not. For. Me. No thanks! I excelled in subjects I was...

Handmade Velociraptor Costume!

Okay, I promised I would share my daughter's Halloween costume when I was done making it. She wanted to be a velociraptor. She loves...

Happy Halloween

"Autumn is my season, dear. It is, after all, the season of the soul." -- Virginia Woolf The leaves dance and float their way down to the...

How to Inspire Creativity in Kids

This is post 2 from the Artist/Mother Tips for Creative Kids Series. As an artist and mother, to one creative kid, I have learned these...

Studio Thoughts

• • • This week in the studio I've been marinating on some open calls, framing finished work, and making quick scribble sketches to...

Altar to the Soul Oracle

I created a free downloadable oracle deck for wayfindertarot.com in the fall of 2018. An oracle deck is similar to the Tarot as it is a...

Coloring Book

I am so excited to share my coloring book! I put a lot of hard work into it: researching, illustrating the old fashioned way (pen on...

Auric Forms

This series of works explores the intersections of sensuality, orgasm, feminism, and the body through soft sapphic images. Depicting...

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