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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...

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...

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...

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...

This Week...

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

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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