Renaissance Series 2021- 2022 Rebound 63x67inch Oil on Canvas Covid changed everybody. We Rebounded, galvanized by every piece of news with corresponding highs and... Read More March 27, 2023 | No Comment
Renaissance Series 2021- 2022 Rebound 63x67inch Oil on Canvas Covid changed everybody. We Rebounded, galvanized by every piece of news with corresponding highs and... Read More March 27, 2023 | No Comment
Recovery: painting with the pandemic 2020-2022 The world has changed everybody ever since some socially inept virus crashed the party. We have gone up and... Read More July 22, 2022 | No Comment
Art Diplomacy- Beyond Boundaries When offered the possibility to soothe fractured souls by leading art workshops for Ukrainian refugees, I just said yes!... Read More June 7, 2022 | No Comment
Feeling stressed or anxious? Reach for a pencil or paintbrush instead of your smartphone. By Carin Knoop & Bahia El Oddi “Making art allows the lava of emotions pent-up inside of me to flow... Read More May 10, 2022 | No Comment
Olympic Agora 2020-2021 I was extremely honored to be chosen as an artist for the first-ever Olympic Agora commemorating the cultural aspect of... Read More April 16, 2022 | No Comment
Heavy Lifting Graduating from college, my first job was at the Colorado Outdoor Education Center for the Handicapped. Though I’d hoped to... Read More April 8, 2022 | No Comment
2022 Beijing Olympics As the Olympic flame goes out in Beijing, I celebrate the men and woman who have raised the bar and... Read More February 20, 2022 | No Comment
Raising the Bar Facing tectonic shifts in emotion and fate, athletes competing in the Olympics experience extreme highs and lows as they dig... Read More February 9, 2022 | No Comment
Fourth Everybody loves a winner! The world showers gold and praise on those who come in first. Even the runner up... Read More February 4, 2022 | No Comment
Aiming 4 Paris 2024 The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games have come and now gone. Despite the pandemic and empty venues, records were set... Read More September 7, 2021 | No Comment
Self-Actualization and Empty Stadiums During my motivational talks, I often stress the importance of self-actualization, maximizing who we are not for external gain but... Read More August 27, 2021 | No Comment
Heavy Lifting Mick Jaggar and the Rolling Stones proposed that, “We can’t always get what we want… but we get what we... Read More August 19, 2021 | No Comment
Surfing Through Limitations I see surfing as an analogy for life. I paddle into the chaotic white-water made by in-coming waves in order... Read More June 5, 2021 | No Comment
Artist-in-Residence Backpacking alone overland by bus and train through China, Tibet, Nepal, India and Pakistan for 16 months with a total... Read More May 2, 2021 | No Comment
Isolation One year ago this week, I stopped moving beyond my neighborhood, and mostly beyond my bedroom- something that hasn't happened... Read More March 26, 2021 | No Comment