There are things you have heard all your life; sayings and quotes, that you have taken for granted. As you get older, those sayings come to the forefront of your life and you finally get it. Maybe it was things your Mom, Dad, or a family member has said to you. Maybe you just read it in a book. There always comes a time when you just get it. Maybe, it's experience, maybe it's intuition or wisdom, finally hitting home. Just remember, "You Already Know". "The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can." ~ Neil ... Continue Reading »
Work
Project 52 – Art & Music Collaboration
Helen Davey, a wonderful musician has created a project which she calls Project 52, which is 52 pieces of music in direct response to 52 artworks shared by 52 different artists for 52 weeks. Every week one artist’s work will be featured, together with corresponding “Sound-Painting” music, Helen Davey created (and performed) specifically for the artwork. This cross-arts project can be viewed as a series of online events so you can enjoy it no matter where you are! Click here to hear the "Sound Painting" This art was inspired by my childhood memories of my grandmother. It was created from two vintage ... Continue Reading »
Time = Journey
Many years ago, around the end of the year 2000, I began my artistic quest. I honestly had no idea what direction I was going; I simply knew I had "something creative " inside of me. I read a lot of inspirational material on the creative life, tons of self-help books, basically whatever I could get my hands on to keep me focused. I discovered this poem around that time, although, I’m not sure where, but it is a poem that still resonates for me. Time takes us all on an amazing journey of discovery, I'm happy to still be on the journey of discovery. "The Journey" by Mary Oliver "One day you finally knew what you had to do, and ... Continue Reading »
Elephant Dreams
This is where I'm at with "Elephant Dreams", a mixed media piece on 30" x 30" canvas that I've been working on. It is a commission, it is sitting on my easel now, in a state of being worked on, so I'm good with sharing this part of it. This piece was a collaboration of what the client wanted and part intuitive. This collector has a love of elephants and loves my mixed media art. Art continues to flow as I work on a couple of commissions. The regular flux of being studio grounded tells me that I'm being active and that feels good. I'm learning to see rejections as both a sign that I'm trying and that it's just not a great fit at the moment ... Continue Reading »
Odd With Ends…Beginning as a Possibilitarian
This year was my year for taking workshops and classes, since I wanted to be in "learner" mode, which I always find exciting, because I love to learn. Heck, if there was a job that paid me to learn, I would be top in my field! I think that's why I like being an artist so much, because no matter how much you learn, there is always more to learn, plus there are so many disciplines of art, you can spend your whole life in this field and never get bored. I've just completed my last online workshop for the year, I feel odd, now that the class ended. Since each week I looked forward to that lesson delivered, and the great feedback from all the ... Continue Reading »
Gratitude for Imagination
My imagination has been on overdrive this week! Creating my own pages for my Book of Days Art Journal and creating pages for the "Gratitude Art Journal" Give-Away. I wanted the pages for the give-away to be different from my everyday art journaling efforts, but still have plenty of the bold colors, I'm known for. Below are some of the pages, I've completed for the Gratitude Art Journal. Next, I will be adding text to the pages, but also leaving room for the winner to add whatever they'd like to the journal as well, once they receive it. This is going to be a sweet, deliciously colorful journal, if I must say so myself! :) So in order to get ... Continue Reading »
Explorations & Experiments
I can't believe it's been five weeks, since I've blogged! No excuses, but I've been working hard in the studio! I am working in a mentorship program with Michele Theberge, which is changing how I work in the studio and increasing my accountability for creating and growing my mentors and support group. It's intense and I'm so worth doing this for myself as an artist. Here's some of the work, I've created... I've been experimenting with my style of portrait making. I've been wanting my portraits to be more 3-D, because of the art journaling I've been doing! I'm trying to find a way to incorporate the three dimensional aspect of my art ... Continue Reading »
