My 10 year old daughter shared with me this poem she wrote yesterday and I was so touched by it I wanted to share. A Prayer A prayer for the songs. A prayer for the butterflies. A prayer for the animals. A prayer for the birds. A prayer for the plants. A prayer for [...]
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My daughter’s poem and prayer
Posted in Creativity, Mindful parenting on October 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Meet Desmond, my gremlin
Posted in Creativity, Living Intentionally, Mixed Media, Uncategorized on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I took a doll making class in which I decided to make a 3D version of my inner critic, otherwise known as my personal gremlin. You know, this is the voice you hear that tells you that you aren’t “good enough”. I had previously made a 2D version of my critic as seen here [...]
Posted in Creativity, My artwork, Uncategorized, tagged colors, creativity, monotype, print, printmaking on May 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Recently I took a new type of class for me. I took a monotype printmaking class with Lori Hendrickson. She is an amazing artist and I’m so glad I took this class. I have to be honest that I had no idea what I was signing up for but I took it because my art [...]
Explorations in color, composition, creativity, courage, and confidence
Posted in Creativity, My artwork, Uncategorized, tagged color, composition, confidence, courage, creative journey, creative process, risk taking on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I made some well needed time for myself and took a class on color and composition. This was taught by Jane Davies and while the class was WAY too short (aren’t art classes ALWAYS too short?) I did end up learning SO much. In college I took a color theory class [...]
My Window brought me a blue ribbon
Posted in Creativity, Living Intentionally, My artwork, tagged collage, foam core, mixed media, my artwork, my window on September 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So, I have to just give myself a pat on the back for my FIRST PLACE BLUE RIBBON at the fair I entered my art work. Regardless of whether or not it was too kid-like, I impressed the judges enough to win. (Cheering loudly here!!) I won’t degrade my win by telling you how many [...]
A big artistic step (with an insult received)
Posted in Creativity, My artwork, tagged big step, public viewing on September 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Today I made a big, public first step. I have entered some of my artwork at a local fair. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not a juried show but it is “judged”. This will be my first public showing that I’ve had and this is a big step for my own creative freedom. Let [...]
Surfacing – an encaustic painting
Posted in Creativity, Mixed Media, My artwork, tagged encaustic painting, encaustics, fish, fishing, gift, inner critic, mixed media, surfacing on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a mounted piece that I made in July during an encaustics workshop. It is entitled Surfacing and has lots of powerful meaning, intention, and love in its creation. To begin, I want to say how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE working with encaustic painting. I love how messy it is, how the results [...]
My daughter’s gift that I will keep with me
Posted in Creativity, Personal Renaissance, tagged creativity, daughter, gift, gratitude on August 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My kids have returned from a short vacation with their grandparents. They are all sugared up, spoiled (a lot), and really happy to have bonded with them. I’m so grateful that we live close enough to my family that my children and building their own relationships with my family. As a child I spent summers [...]
My art retreat was a huge success
Posted in Creativity, Living Intentionally, Mixed Media, tagged art retreat, collage, creativity, Jane Davies, paining, works in progress, workshop on August 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I am so inspired to create now that I have returned from my art retreat. I spent a week at the Jane Davies Studios in Rupert, Vermont, creating wonderful collages and was introduced to the wonders of foam board. Jane is the author of Collage Journeys and being with her in person far exceeds anything [...]
Tomorrow I am off to my first art retreat!
Posted in Creativity, tagged art retreat, creativity, expectations, fears on August 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m very excited for tomorrow! Tomorrow is my first ever art retreat and I have so many feelings whirling around! I am anxious and excited about what it is that I will be doing, learning, exploring, and creating. My Expectations: Even though I am trying to go in without ANY expectations, I do have to [...]
