Everwhim is Elin and Kenneth Hogan’s emporium of creative endeavors. Everwhim started in 2010 as a rebrand of Elin's photography business and slowly transformed into more of a pen name per se, an umbrella for the all creative work Kenny and Elin do.

They live in Portland Oregon with two eccentric kids and little dog who may or may not be more like a cat. Kenny and Elin have been married for about 16 years (when writing this) and still like each other quite a bit, They moved from lovely Santa Cruz, California in 2013 after dreaming of living in the PNW for what seemed like ages. Elin loves the rain and is not a fan of sandy beaches, so she finds herself quite happy with the change. Kenny and the kids are quite content with the area.

Until recently Elin went by her first name, Jennifer. After years and years of wanting to switch to using her middle name, she has finally has made the change. Elin is pronouced as eh-leen.

They always seem to have a list of projects they are making, changing, or improving. They impulsively collect creative interests, and are miserable when they don’t have an outlet. They believe art and craft is an essential part of society and feel privileged to be a part of creating everything from the thought provoking, to utilitarian, to things that simply exist for beauty sake. They realize they're biased, but they believe everyone needs some form of creativity in their lives, and they hope that their work will not just be commodity, but a source of joy and inspiration to the people we engage with and invite them and their work into their lives.

Like many artists, they are both neurodivergent. Kenny has ADHD, and Elin is autistic, ADHD, and dyslexic. It makes it difficult to maintain a clean, organized home. It might be embarrassing, but they wouldn’t trade their bizarre brains for a clean apartment. Both would be nice though. Among the collections of used glasses, mugs and plates, and piles of laundry; their space is filled with all sorts of books, beloved nick-knacks, piles of notebooks for writing and drawing, space for painting, baskets overflowing with yarn and sewing supplies, drawers of colored pencils, pens, and markers; bins of watercolor, acrylic, and oil paint, stacks of canvases, and lots of in-process projects. Their walls are covered with other peoples art and vintage oddities. Elin has a long standing vice of collecting blankets...piles of them. Their home is perfect for cuddling in the fall, winter and spring. Elin hates summer. Their little Pacific Northwest vampire family would probably die without AC in the summer time. The kids proudly tell people that the family are inside people. Elin is most certainly a hermit.

Elin's background is full of art from a young age. As a child she was confident that she wanted to be an artist when she grew up. She was lucky to attend a high school program centered on the arts at Monterey High School in California, as well as the The Youth Arts Collective (a wonderful studio space and mentorship program) at the same time . She went to Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbra—unfortunately she was unable to complete her last year of studies due to circumstances outside of her control. She worked at a custom frame shop for a few years (which was actually quite fun) while building her photography business. Once she went full time as a photographer, her primarily focus was on portraits, engagements, and weddings; but also some advertising, fashion, and food work. Kenny often assisted her as a second shooter. After about 7 years working as a photographer, her introvert heart caught up with her and she burned out. At about the same time Elin and Kenny had their first kid and Elin's focus shifted to being a stay at home parent. As the kids have gotten older, Elin has returned to an assortment of creative arts and medium and enjoying the process of learning and mastering new forms.

Kenny is an Associate Manager of Retail Visuals at Rejuvenation’s corporate office in Portland Oregon. He has been with the company for about a year and a half now, and its been wonderful seeing Kennys creativity stretch in new directions. He works with a team curating the stores furniture, lighting, hardware and home accessories to create welcoming spaces for the Rejuvanation customers. He also works with the store staff implementing the company’s plans. He is quite talented and very humbled and shy when Elin brag about him.

Kenneth worked full time at Athropologie a senior display artist and display coordinator for over 17 years. He started in Monterey, California, then San Jose, California, followed by Portland, Oregon. He went to Bethany University, a small school tucked away in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, and graduated with a liberal arts major and music minor. When he moved to the Monterey area to be closer to where Elin lived at the time, he transferred from Urban Outfitters to Anthropologie. He is naturally creative and artistically talented, so when the stores display artist quit right before Christmas he was able to convince them to give him a trial run. He worked at three stores during his time there, making beautiful windows and interior displays in their stores. Throughout the years we have also had the opportunity to work on some lovely freelance art installations together. I thrive with crafting repetitive small scale work, and Kenny is exceptional at large scale installations, so we tend to make a good team.