Throughout Brandi’s creative journey, she admits that inspiration and motivation have always come quite easily to her, particularly this past year. With the weight of a global pandemic on all of our shoulders, Brandi has accomplished one of the biggest feats. Keeping inner peace. Staying present.

Action creates clarity. The quote that has been most essential to Beth’s journey this past year. Like most creatives, Beth has had artistic outlets for as long as she can remember, but her art was always for her. How many of us can remember the first time we picked up a paintbrush, marker, pen, crayon, and drew something we were proud to show someone for the first time? Sometimes we forget that that proudness was coming from ourselves, that excitement we had was for ourselves.

Marlee’s poems speak so elegantly because she not only has a sense of fearlessness about what she has to say, but creates with a conviction that connects with you when you feel like you can't say it for yourself quite yet.

When creating a brand, you should consider everything from aesthetics to logos, customer experience to social media presence and even the type of work environment you want for your staff. Branding can be difficult and extremely overwhelming at first. Essentially, branding is how your consumers will view your business. A successful brand doesn’t happen overnight and requires a smart plan. If you take the right steps to entail that your brand is unique, authentic and well-rounded, there’s no reason why your business won’t succeed. Addressing the topic of branding can be daunting, so I created a simple checklist!

A lot of artists start in one art form and end up in another. Though in today's world switching between art forms can be scary. You might be worried that if you switch up what you are doing as an artist that you might lose followers or sales. But...isn't that the whole point of being an artist? That you aren't put in a box? Aren't artists artists because they aren't afraid to express themselves in all ways in front of an unforgiving world? That is what I admire in this November's featured artist Nicholas.

In the PNW and beyond Delaney can often be seen with her camera creating beautiful emotive portrait and lifestyle photography. Based out of Portland, Oregon Delaney has a goal of being a full time photographer in the next year! She has become the go to photographer if you are looking for senior photos, capturing maternity memories, or are an influencer looking for that warmed toned content that captures the eye. Though Delaney is currently based in Portland, Oregon, she travels up to Seattle often, so make sure to keep an eye out by following her updates on instagram @delaneylynnphotography.