Well, I'm twirling with excitement! My image, "Gabriel's Horn" (30" x 40" - Oil/Canvas - Sold/Private Collection) is on the cover of Dream Network Journal. Yes, I'm shamelessly happy and wanted to blog about it. I often write about the creative process, post the end results and let you know how I'm feeling! So, it's only appropriate to share my glee here, also! What makes this so exciting is that this painting, marked my ten years of being a professional artist! Much of my work has been derived from dream experiences. So, this weekend, I'm doing the thankful happy dance, anyone want to twirl around with me in thankfulness and happiness? Have ... Continue Reading »
Illustration Friday
Highlights of 2011
My intention, for 2011 was ABUNDANCE and that was felt on many levels. The Highs and Lows of my 2011 year: 1.) I RESOLVE TO PROMOTE MYSELF SHAMELESSLY. (Those of you who read my blogs, encountered me on Facebook and Twitter know this is true! :) I also handed out many business cards and postcards during 2011. 2.) I RESOLVE TO CULTIVATE A GREAT WEBSITE. Well, it's great website to me! My wonderful webmaster son and I spent an enormous amount of time on it, updating it! (© 2011 Indigene Theresa Gaskin - Frontview of my 2011 journals). 3.) I RESOLVE TO CONTINUE OPERATING WITH COMPLETE INTEGRITY. This was done a 100% of the time and gave me ... Continue Reading »
Family Brigade
Breakout, the wine, food, flowers, music and love! I'm celebrating!!! I have a brigade (the Home Love Brigade), aka "My peeps, my tribe, my love buckets, my family" and the nick names go on and on. No matter how I'm feeling or who I'm yelling at, my brigade is my stronghold. They love me fiercely and I them! :) The last few weeks were extremely busy, holiday stuff, school work, household junk, workshops, sales, art fair preparations, holiday studio tour preparation, marketing and creating (my only grip on sanity)!! My brigade has been there through the thick (which is me) and the thin (my patience)! But, they still love and support me! So ... Continue Reading »
Soaring Round
For you folks, at Illustration Friday, here's my idea of round, plus something extra! This is an extremely busy time for many people, running round with end-of-year activities and holiday stuff, me included! So, I'm happy to offer some beauty and words to live by. Here is the first of (18) inspirational card series, I'm launching: Dream Sequence #7 - Inside Text: "You soar above life's chaos" ©Indigene Theresa Gaskin Price: $5 per card - 5" x 7" Card Shipping is Free in the U.S.A. and Canada I will be featuring all (18) cards through my blog posts, Facebook and Twitter. All cards are $5 each, the messages are inspirational and the art ... Continue Reading »
Vanity or Confidence…
Illustration Friday's prompt for creating this week is vanity. It got me to pondering whether confidence is sometimes mistaken for vanity. Of course, I know the definition of vanity, but there have been times when I've mistaken someone for being vain, and after getting to know them, I realized that they had a confidence of self, that was enviable. Which brings me to my next pondering...do we see vanity because we envy the confidence of an individual? The lesson learned for me, is not to judge, since it is only when I get to know the person, do I begin to see the true self, and there have been times, when I would have missed out on knowing a ... Continue Reading »
Still Questioning…
"Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything." - Ernest Gaines I remember as a child, being asked to stop talking in class, a few minutes later, when the teacher turned away from the board, she asked me, "Are you still talking?" I remember looking at her perplexed and then replied, "Yes, because you're asking me a question, and I need to talk to answer you." Hmmm...I was sent home with a note from school that day! :) (Image: ©2011 Indigene - Title: "Dream Sequence 11") We are told to question everything, yet we are sometimes ostracized as being too inquisitive, attention-wanting, time-suckers, with a ... Continue Reading »
Inspirational Fuel
I love winding down on Fridays, I look over my week's work and feel a sense of accomplishment and order. Did I get everything done? Nah...that never happens...that's what's so wonderful! I wake up in the morning, grateful for another day and I get to start all over again. The days, when I'm stumped or can't get the creative flow going, I look to my fuel packets...my art journals! :) I either create pages in my art journal or I look through art journals, I've created in the past and that usually gets me going. It's good to revisit my art journals from time-to-time. I especially look through all of them, at the end of the year. This year ... Continue Reading »
