The epiphany

This Print Club has been a little ball bouncing around the walls of my mind for a while now, months actually. The thing is, I first came across the idea on TikTok. Tons of full time artists/content creators claiming that their mail clubs are their best source of income. It’s something that grows exponentially with time, and the nature of this service is that it gives back in an ever revolving cycle. You build community through things like this, a loyal fanbase… it’s a wonderful idea for an emerging artist who’s just trying to make it in this world.

The only problem is, this isn’t passive income, it’s a time consuming business, and so when it first came to me that was the deterring thought. Plus I had no idea what material I could bring to the table. I had no theme in mind, nothing.

All winter long I was avoiding my paintings, something in my was repulsed by the idea of creating, maybe I was disappointed in myself, feeling stuck… whatever it was it made me feel like an imposter whenever I had a paintbrush in hand. So one day, sick of this feeling, I decided to come up with a painting exercise for myself. Only one colour, only one brush, and use a reference, those are the rules. It was so fun! And it felt very simple to be painting on such small canvases. I thought to myself, these could be such a good stress reliever. Then my next thought was an epiphany. These would be great for my print club. And in came all the rest, affirmations, spirituality, divine intervention, all the dots connected at once. I got to work on my supply budget and in a couple weeks The Divine Intervention Print Club was born!