About ME

The Juice on Connie...

Connie Hozvicka is passionate about art and creativity and loves inspiring others to dive deeper into their own Creative Juicy Life. She has a BA in both painting and art history, and is a licensed art educator with over 15 years of experience nurturing artists of all skill levels, ages, and backgrounds. A painter at heart, Connie's art work has been exhibited in galleries nationally, collected internationally, and can be found for sale in her Dirty Footprints Etsy Shop. Connie shares her Creative Juicy Life on her blog DirtyFootprints-Studio.com, teaches art full-time in a public K-8 school, paints like a mad chica every second she can, is a dedicated Yogini, and lives a life of bliss in sunny Arizona with Hansel, the love-of-her-life, and their two furry lovelies: Nyla (the doggie) and Theo (the fat cat).

Dirty Footprints Studio's Mission...

Dirty Footprints Studio provides an inspiring, fun environment where creative expression and self discovery are cultivated and nurtured through art education that focuses on celebrating individuality, supporting community, and enhancing lifelong learning.

How Dirty Footprints Studio Got It's Name...

Ever since I was a kiddo I have loved to be barefoot. There's something about my feet directly in contact with the earth that makes me feel balanced and alive.

But the name didn't come to me until I moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 2006. While being a part of a beautiful ceramic co-op studio out in the desert, almost every day I would go there and work (barefoot of course) when one of my studio mates commented that they always knew when I was there earlier because of my dirty footprints on the floor. Voila--Dirty Footprints Studio was born!!

But over the years it has taken on deeper meaning. I believe art and creativity is a journey we embark on ...and for me, one that I want to travel on throughout my whole life...leaving my own dirty footprints as I travel the valleys, mountain peaks, and beautiful coast lines of this wonderful Creative Juicy Life.

The Dirty Footprints Studio Vision...

Imagine a creative oasis tucked inside the rainforest, but only a few steps from the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean. Can you feel the breeze right after the rain? Do you hear the monkeys as they call to you and jump from tree to tree asking you to play? How is that mango smoothie in your hand? Refreshing, yes? How is your heart? How free does your soul feel? Don't you love the feel of paint on your fingertips? Welcome to Dirty Footprints Studio in Guanacaste, Costa Rica...this is my vision...my big dream...the next stop on my Creative Juicy Life. One day soon Lovelies, Dirty Footprints Studio will have a home, a place it can settle into the earth, and support healing, quench creativity, and provide a place for kindred souls to gather. Will you join me now by just believing!! Then tomorrow start planning your next retreat, your next gift to yourself at Dirty Footprints Studio, Costa Rica.