Tina Walker is a multi-media creator, engaging with her artwork by creating intuitively, playing with new materials, and celebrating raw, organic styles.   She often overlaps different mediums, such as pottery, assemblage, and bookmaking to support her eclectic creative process. Experimenting with textures and vibrant colorations allows her to create meaningful imagery in spontaneous ways. Artist collaborations are a true passion of Tina’s, and you can find her working with other artists and hosting online creative challenges. When she isn’t creating, you will often find Tina perusing local Antique stores looking for project inspiration or combining nature with art.

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What does Art is Magic mean to you?

 For me, the true meaning behind 'Art is Magic', is as simple as the actual words.  The act of creating itself is magical.  It's something personal, inspiring, and grounding and is critical for my happiness and well-being.

Why do I create art?  

As mentioned above, the physical and emotional act of creating is something I MUST do.  I create a space of calm and comfort and allows me to be my authentic self.

Tell us about your journey to become an artist. 

I have always been creative.  My earliest memories are of painting ceramics with my grandmother.  I spent hours each summer, painting pottery and sharing fun with my family. Fast forward to the late 1990s/early 2000s where my creative outlet centered around Scrapbooking and Memory Keeping.  As my children grew, this evolved quickly into Mixed Media and other media choices.  For the past 10+ years, I embrace all types of art, from art journaling, booking making, pottery, assemblage and whatever is new.  I love making and learning new techniques and mediums.

What is currently inspiring you? 

All things book and journal making.  My love for art journaling has morphed into making themed artist books, from a variety of book types and styles.

What sort of creative walls do you hit and how do you move through them?

My creative walls usually appear when I've been making a certain type of project for a length of time, for example: art journaling, book making, assemblage, etc.  I usually move through them by creating a new type of project.  I tend to get hyper-obsessed over a certain type of a period of time, then move on to another when I get bored with it.