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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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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...

Why Do I Explore The Psychology of Motherhood in My Art?

The mother-child relationship is one of the most impactful on human society. Yet, the depth of the mothering role is often diminished and...

Studio Tour

Let's do a studio tour! I've always loved seeing inside the magic place where an artist creates! Honesty, I've always loved interiors and...

Sharing a Sliver of Personal Mythos

I am a self-taught artist. I really don't remember a time when I wasn't drawing. I am a chronic daydreamer, for better or worse. I have...

Begin Again

Well here we go. I started a very diy "blog" (if you can even call it that) on my website. All I did was create a page and start typing...

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