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Catching the Dream Before It Slips Through My Fingers

On burnout, bravery, and choosing depth over the highlight reel.

Jan 8 • Ekaterina Popova

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Halfway Through 100 Days: Lessons From Painting Daily

Aug 29, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

Painting Advice I Have Collected So Far, Part 1

Aug 7, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

What I Learned from Painting for 100 Days in a Row

Oct 17, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

Painting as a Prayer, Love Letter and Meditation

Sep 29, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

Thoughts in Color

Catching the Dream Before It Slips Through My Fingers

On burnout, bravery, and choosing depth over the highlight reel.

Jan 8 • Ekaterina Popova

How I Paint Intimate Interiors: A Step by Step Look Inside My Process

There is something special about painting a space and being in awe of the shapes and colors that make up the rooms we occupy.

Nov 21, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

Secrets Between the Trees

New Work for My Exhibition with Phyllis Gorsen

Nov 13, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

Painting as a Prayer, Love Letter and Meditation

How gratitude and presence shaped my practice and even helped me manifest

Sep 29, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

Three Unhinged Things I Did to Create My Dream Art Career

“What’s burning?” I heard from another room as I floated through a screen of dense smoke from a sage bundle in our tiny apartment.

Aug 16, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

Painting Advice I Have Collected So Far, Part 1

My own lessons as an artist and what helped me from mentors

Aug 7, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

From Time Scarcity to Time Abundance

How to stop the fight against “not enough” and bend time and space through art

Jul 28, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

Why Daily Painting? The Power of Micro Moves and Why I’m Doing Another Tiny Daily Art Challenge

How my practice has evolved, embracing your unique way of working, and making tiny improvements

Jul 17, 2025 • Ekaterina Popova

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