Do you remember your Creative Self?

The part of you that once felt free, expressive + curious,
but might now be hidden behind perfectionism,
“shoulds,” or life’s daily demands?

I’m Lexis, a lifelong artist, mom + your creative guide,
here to help you rediscover that spark so you can reconnect with that part of yourself.

Watercolor paint palette and brushes beside a sheet of paper with colorful watercolor circles.

Creative Self hides behind …

The rainbow of shoulds + shades of perfectionism.

The hues of doing all the things + the neutral fitting in. 

The cool tone of playing the game + the heat of the bold inner critic.

The pair of generational + societal expectations. 

All of these things prevent Creative Self from shining light out into the world.

A rainbow with warm colors and a small butterfly at the center.

You may believe you are no longer creative
because your Creative Self has been dark for so long.

Smiling woman with long hair and glasses holding a cup in a craft room with art supplies and colorful artwork on the walls.
Three light green star-shaped objects.

I am here to help you create so that you remember. 

Interior view of a sunlit room with a large potted snake plant on a small black table next to a window, a painted blue wall, and a white door with glass panes in the background.
Abstract line drawings of two starfish, some scattered X's, and a square outline.

Creating has consistently been my way of parting the curtains + standing in the light.

It is how I feel most like myself + feels like a homecoming.

I would be honored to guide you on your path back to the light.

I have always been deeply creative.

A young girl with long hair sitting at a table with various objects, including a glass container, a small bottle, and papers, in a room with striped wallpaper.
Abstract drawing of two star shapes, a small square, and a cluster of small X marks.

I grew up with an artist mom + Lexisworks was established, in college, in 2007.

This doesn’t mean being an artist has come easy.

Those curtains have concealed my Creative Self too many times to count. I have faced darkness, but each time I have chosen to come back to the light.

Woman with glasses smiling at a table filled with floral arrangements, holding a pen and looking to her side, in a room decorated with plants, framed artwork, and a fireplace.
Drawing of two starfish, a cluster of small X shapes, and a diamond shape.

As all people going through this human experience, I, too, have had my fair share of complications + big emotions....

Seen as a too sensitive teen + not yet recognized as a highly sensitive, introvert empath, I captured my feelings with words + pasted my emotions on to paper.

Chasing love + grieving the death of a dad I never felt close to, my hands worked loosely in art journals in a way that felt more satisfying than pushing pixels ever did.

With no sign of the design career I had dreamed of upon graduation + getting laid off from 2 design jobs, I created anyway after work + began selling my art and prints at craft fairs.

Let down on my journey to motherhood, I collaged + painted my desires and disappointments into mountain landscapes and optimistic compositions. 

Colorful abstract artwork with a blue pine tree and the white outline text 'I AM STRONG ENOUGH FOR THIS'
A woman sitting on the ground behind a display of artwork outdoors, smiling.
A young girl hugging a woman, both smiling with affectionate expressions, in a colorful room with books and art supplies.
Hand with mint green nail polish using a gray sponge to blend yellow and pink paint on an abstract canvas.
A person creating watercolor art with a paintbrush in a sketchbook, depicting colorful abstract floral designs and rainbows, with art supplies and jars in the background.
Person creating colorful watercolor artwork with various paint sets, brushes, and colorful drawings on paper.
Three light green outlined stars with overlapping points.
A woman with a ponytail and a blue striped shirt holds a smiling young girl in front of a colorful rainbow mural, both looking joyful.

Overwhelmed by the gift of motherhood, my daughter’s meningitis infection + subsequent hearing loss, I painted layered paintings to nowhere. An intuitive expression that had no process.

Pregnant + painting at the kitchen counter with a sleeping toddler on the couch, I traded my studio time for convenience and acrylic paint for watercolors. Anything to create + see the light.

Stuck at home with 2 children under 4 during the pandemic, I sought an escape from the visual chaos of my exterior life so I painted a rainbow mural in our basement, redecorated our bedroom to create an oasis, and painted my studio white.


Craving a simpler process to tame my anxiety, I developed a watercolor + doodling practice that infused everything I knew to be true about art + soon discovered that creating in the small moments made me feel more grounded, calm, + present.

These were all opportunities to remember.

None of it was wasted.

Three translucent teal star shapes on a white background.

It’s also an appreciation for the beauty of rain
+ highlights what can grow after the storm.

My art is more than sunshine on a rainy day.

Creativity is a continual process.

And it requires regular practice.

My watercolor + doodling techniques have given me a process I can infuse with my creative rhythm + share with you.

A family of four sitting on the grass in a garden, smiling at the camera. The father and mother are in the center with their two daughters on either side, surrounded by colorful flowers and greenery.
Line drawings of starfish, clusters of small X's, and a diamond shape.

As a wife + mother of two imaginative + adventurous girls, it can feel like there isn’t enough time or space to create.


But when I summon Creative Self, I can see the cracks of light + I feel the power to sustain my own creative flow. I remember who I am.

I am an Artist.

I was almost 30 before I felt brave enough to call myself an artist—even growing up with an artist mom + a photographer stepdad and earning a degree in art.

That’s how afraid I was of claiming something so innate in all of us. 

Three light blue outlined stars on a white background.

Turns out, I was an artist all along + have 20 years of art experience to prove it.

  • I may have wanted to be an artist, but I was encouraged to get a "real" degree in college. Looking back at my childhood sketchbooks + teenage wall decor —Got Milk ads + Hanson posters—were clear indications that I was meant to become a graphic designer. My design background has influenced my sense of order + use of typography in my art making. Earning my degree in Graphic Design with a minor in Mass Communication, I learned the power of creative messaging. I now borrow the formula of pairing images with text to great effect. These skills have been an asset as a freelance artist + my critical eye continues to analyze all things design.

  • My college life-drawing professor told me my drawings were schematized—I drew the shape I wanted to see rather than drawing what I saw. Turns out as a graphic designer, that’s a good thing. During a later portfolio review, I was surprised to be told I was an illustrator. I had been so focused on layout + typography, I hadn't noticed this emerging skill. It still took years + encouragement—in the form of live holiday window painting— to nudge me in this direction. Now, drawing + doodling are part of my regular creative process.

  • Experimenting with acrylic paint in high school + college, I smeared paint onto my mixed media journal pages. But I never took a painting class at my liberal arts university because I was too afraid the professor would critique me into not liking it. So I took online painting classes in my late 20s, painting intuitively with acrylic + mixed media for years. When I was pregnant with my second daughter, I discovered the joy of watercolor at my kitchen counter This medium has given me a process I can infuse with my creative rhythm + share with others.

  • Upon graduating college—beyond my dream of working in a boutique design firm—I knew I wanted to collaborate + work with my hands + teach. These 3 goals have culminated in my watercolor workshops, which I began teaching in 2019. Watercolor is ideal for our busy modern lives. It is the perfect medium when there doesn’t seem to be any time or enough space to create. I connect with my own joy when I am teaching my process of layering doodles over watercolor. This process allows for the completion of a painting in whatever time you can make.

The freedom + joy of my practice is available to you.

I offer my guidance + creative gift through art + classes
designed to help you discover your own color + joy. 

A young woman with long brown hair sitting on a bed, looking at a tray with pink items on it, in a bedroom with teal and white walls, a nightstand, a big mirror, and a decorative hanging plant.

Are you curious?

How do I create when it doesn’t feel like I have enough time or space?

A woman is sitting on the floor drawing on a large sheet of paper, while two children are also on the floor, one drawing and the other standing nearby in pajamas
Abstract starfish and triangle shapes with scattered crosses on a white background.

(And, of course, by ‘enough’ I mean long hours of solitude + uninterrupted time.)

I do it anyway.
I keep trying.

Drop your details below to find out how I create amidst the chaos of life.

I send emails every other Thursday to help you connect to Creative Self so you feel more grounded, calm + present. Each newsletter features a creative invitation, things worth sharing + a snapshot from my studio.

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