The Smart Creative is a conversation celebrating and exploring an artist's creative process. From one smart creative soul to another, let's examine the mystery, the contrast, and the beauty of choosing to lead a creative life. Here is a little more info…

The Smart Creative is

a breathing space for your creative process and mine as well.

I have found an approach to my creative life that I need and want to pursue further. After all, art is an emotional pursuit. LIFE is an emotional pursuit. I have finally embraced and cultivated clarity and curiosity in my approach, and if you’d like to join me in having an authentic conversation about it, feel free to subscribe. My articles, along with guest articles from my artist husband, Michael Rich, will be delivered right to your inbox.

Who am I, and what will be dropping into your inbox?

My name is Monica Lee Rich. My husband, Michael Rich, and I are contemporary painters who designed and built a modern home in a pastoral setting in New England. We draw inspiration from a sense of place and a dedication to beauty, whether in lush landscapes or intimate moments from our travels. 3 Gables, the home and studio we designed and built together, is the realization of their collaborative, creative journey.

3 GABLES STUDIOS produces curated art releases quarterly. Subscribers of THE SMART CREATIVE will receive news first.

ART. Wanderlust. Creative Process. Beauty.

Every time we travel to foreign countries and museums and discuss the art we’ve seen, it has enormously fueled our creative process and practice. I felt that these conversations were SO GOOD that they should be taken a step further, shared, and expanded on, so that’s where The Smart Creative comes in.