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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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Why I Wanted to Be an Artist

I've always been an artist. "Artist" was my first badge, my first label, and my first taste of a sense of identity. I can't really...

Children's Books for Creative Families

This is post 1 of the Artist/Mother Tips for Creative Kids Series. As an Artist-Mother, and avid reader, I have high standards when it...

Art Market

I am so excited to be a part of the Second Saturday Art Market this September 10th! Swing by to see me (and many other local artists)...

Mother & Child

Meditating on the mother and child. In family dynamics. In life. In art. In cultural perception. In grief. In love. Two portraits. One is...

This Week...

Getting inspired & doing markets. Sketching, dreaming, & commission work. Blasting my music and dancing in the studio while I work.

Tiana Traffas Art Pop-Up!

I'm going to do an art pop-up at Natty West! I will have work from the "Tea Drawings" series and I may even do some live drawing or...

What I'm Up to When I'm Not in the Studio

Creativity is like water. It ebbs and flows. Often my urge to make art comes out of intense bursts of inspiration. Sometimes I have...

This Week In & Out of the Studio

A quick round up of some recent inspirations, studio activity, and news! I have been sketching and making small works recently. Mostly in...

How to Get Inspired

We all struggle to do the things we love the most every once in a while. I find myself in creative slumps more often than I would like to...

Gratitude

I just wanted to give a quick thanks to all who showed up to the Artist Reception last Saturday! The show at Grounded was a real success....

Fantasia

I have been diving into childhood joy and finding inspiration despite grief. My Grandpa recently passed and I've been holding memories of...

Let's Hang Out!

What? When? Where? Artist Reception! A fun, chill, and stimulating night! (hopefully because of the art, but mostly due to the coffee 😉)...

The Best Art Advice I Have Ever Received

So often great advice can go unappreciated. Words may or may not land depending on the ear they're spoken into. But leading by example is...

Drawings at Grounded Cafe

I am so excited that my Tea Drawings series is up at Grounded Cafe in Downtown La Crosse! It is so nice to show work in my old...

Giving Birth as Intitation

I birthed my daughter 8 years ago, just a few days before the summer solstice, when the moon was waxing in the sky, building toward the...

Why I'm Not on Social Media

Back in the early 2000s, everyone in our family got cell phones. We had flip phones first and then we all got the ones with the slide-out...

Sigils

A sigil is a painted or inscribed symbol that represents your intention, prayer, or hope for an outcome. It can be something you want to...

A quick note on COLOR

Color had been on my mind lately. I am trying to explore new ways of playing with color in my work. Trying out new pigments, hues, or...

Flagpole Gallery

First off, happy Beltane! May you be graced with juicy creative energy and nutrient rich dandelions, violets, cleavers, and nettles this...

Arcana Ma

The works I'm sharing today are a part of my series called Arcana Ma. I won't share all of the work today but you can find more at my...

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