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COLLABORATIONS WITH EVAN HILDEBRANDT:
Mixed media works in collaboration with my husband that explore our mutual love of nature

 PROJECTS

In years past, I have designed and painted 5 large scale outdoor murals and several large scale mixed media scrolls.  I have collaborated with other artists to create large bodies of work; I write music with my brother, Carl Shepard; and I have written and directed a music video.  The images featured here are some of my recent collaborations with my husband, Evan Hildebrandt.

You can learn more about some of my collaborative ventures and other creative outlets by visiting these links:

WHEN LOVE CONQUERS FEAR

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For many artists, the relationship between art and fear is a very real one.  If artists are not living consciously, fear can show up as perfectionism and procrastination, preventing them from ever finishing a project even starting one.  Fear can be a thief that steals creativity and productivity.  

 

While developing an apprenticeship program at Thomas More College, where students would work as assistants to practicing professional artists, I decided to do a pilot of the program with three of my students.  I invited them into my studio and shared my working methods and my life with them.  

My husband and I made them dinner and we sat around our table talking about what life would look like if they faced their individual fears and lived from a place of hope and love.   They learned what it takes to create a large scale conceptual piece of art and prepare for an exhibition. Through this experience, they saw firsthand what being an artist was like.  It was an amazing experience for both the students and me; we learned so much from each other.  And we made work that was all at once authentic, ambitious, dynamic and brave.    

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