Testimonials
“Vern manifests magic, whimsy, and beauty into externalized works of art. Playful and virtuosic, inviting and sublime, her art is a reflection of the best elements of the world we live in and the new world we know is possible.”
Mike M., Musician and Artist
“I have learned with Vern that the process, the exploration of the process and the intuitive practice of that is just as important as any deliverable or end goal.”
Kale K., Technical Director and Coordinator of Community Events and Organizations
“Vern broke the barrier for me of that cold, technical world in the website landscape. She said, ‘we can make this feel like your house!’ That was miraculous for me, because it has changed my relationship with technology.”
Christina B., Spirit Keeper Studio
“I thought that I was thinking outside of the box, and it turned out it was just slightly in the envelope around the box. Vern taught me to think about really unpacking all of my assumptions and being willing to get really vulnerable about the creative work that I was doing.”
Lindsay T., Professor of Interior Design
“Working with Vern has been an intimate and enlightening process. Her insight is in line with that of a shaman who holds deep truth into an artist’s mission.”
David B., Musician and Photographer
“Not all artists excel in creative, digital, and technical skills but Vern masters anything thrown her way. She can take an idea, draw it, make it a vector and then set-up and run heavy machinery to make the art possible.”
Jenn H., co-owner, Woodstock Music Shop
“Vern is one of those rare people who has a combination of talents that include both being an incredibly talented creative person who is naturally able to create beautiful things across a wide range of artistic mediums. But she also has organizational skills, computer tech skills, planning skills, community working skills, and the ability to listen to others and gather all their thoughts and ideas into a working plan that can be charted, organized and implemented. And that's an incredible person to have on your team.”
Sam M., Tattoo Artist, Art Instructor, Maker
“ Work with Vern has to be a really creative, out of the box kind of thing. I would enjoy working with her on a community building project with participatory design, where you bring in stakeholders and work on a community issue and come up with creative ways that might solve it that involve design. She would be really good at that because she does really think about the end user and how the design can make things better.”
Lisa W., Professor of Interior Design
“Vern was awesome to work with. She is creative, hard working, intelligent, easy to get along with and extremely efficient. Vern can accomplish almost anything she sets her mind to. She is open to thinking outside the box to come up with solutions and is gentle and caring when working with others.”
Wendy H., Botanical Illustrator and Instructor
“Vern has an excellent eye for what can be tweaked, and she gave helpful and specific feedback that always led me in the direction of improving my drawings. Her good nature is contagious, and it made for lively and very engaging in-person and online classes.”
Sheila Y., botanical drawing student
“Earth, Art, and Magic show up in Vern’s presence. In the placement of the stones, the folding of the origami bird, the creation of her food …it's really beautiful to combine all those things because art is a beautiful way to channel magic. And then our connection to the earth is so important, and I really feel like she gets that 100%.”
Heide S., Creator and Clean House Fairy
“You're not just hiring her artistic skill set. You're hiring her problem solving, her thinking, and her experience, as it informs the art-making.”
Katie H., Artist and Transformational Flow Coach
Kale Kaposhilin Video Testimonial
Technical Director, Coordinator of Community Events
“I've never had a conversation with Vern that wasn't just like, you know, the magic of the universe unfolding before us. That is like every experience I have with Vern, both goal-oriented and not, but certainly when it's goal oriented, it's just like, you know, the Red Sea parts; the lights all turn green on the Avenue in Manhattan.”
Lindsay Tan Video Testimonial
Professor of Interior Design
“I think the biggest thing that sets Vern apart is the fact that she has a sense of humor about everything she does. She does serious work. She does great things, but she doesn't take herself so seriously. And that lets her not get caught up in the politics of the work we do and focus more on the impact she's making. She's also really approachable because of that.”
Sam McWilliams Video Testimonial
Tattoo Artist, Art Instructor, Maker
“Once you communicate what the project is, Vern will think outside of the box. Vern thinks above and beyond and manages her own path so that all the work gets done and executed in a way that will exceed your dreams and expectations.”
Lisa Waxman Video Testimonial
Professor Emeritus, Interior Design
“Work with Vern if you're looking for new fresh ideas and looking at thinking about things in ways you haven't thought about them before. If you want to maintain the status quo, then that'd be a waste of Vern.”