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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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For Fucks Sake! AI art sucks.

"The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest, so that we will not, in all...

Another Mural!

Today I painted another door mural, this time to spruce up the coat closet. This mural was done completely with leftover interior paints...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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