Hackney is My Home

Hackney. London's butterfly borough. Transforming itself from 'Murder Mile' to The Coolest Place in the World almost overnight thanks to a little summer get together not too long ago called the 2012 London Olympics.

So how did a girl like me from the Stepford Wives suburbia of Connecticut end up here?

Well, it started in 2008. Long story short: I needed a place to live, one of my teachers needed a tenant,  we made a deal, papers were signed, badda big badda boom: Hello Hackney!

Since then, Hackney has been the place that is not America that I call home. I live abroad but I do not live in England nor I do not live in London, I live in Hackney. VERY big difference between the three if you ask me.

The reason I started this blog is because Hackney won't be my home for much longer. Apparently, being a property owner, self-employed, business creating, tax paying, Two UK University degree holding, native English speaking and overall decent person isn't a good enough reason for me to be a member of British society. The Damn Visa is Expiring in October 2014 and I don't qualify to renew it. Curse you Teresa May! Boo! You Whore! (Shakes fist angrily in the air)

I have been studying art kinda part time on and off for about 3 years now and so its about time I do something with my budding art skillz than just posting my drawings of naked people from my orgies life drawing classes.

Drawing on location is something I have always enjoyed and since I can't be arsed to travel into Central London to sketch all the tourist bits I've decided to make the most of what I've got my own backyard.

And I love Hackney. Dearly. I always feel closer with a place when I spend some time sitting down and drawing it. A very intimate mini love affair. So, Hackney, its time to get it on and git 'er done!