Posts Tagged ‘spirit’
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
 I am in the middle of a summer night’s dream, of the mind, body and spirit. I am trying to wrap my mind around the concept of the spirit leaving the body.
It’s not something that I can articulate well at this point, and maybe I never will.
(“Mind Body & Spirit” – Mixed Media/Paper)
My sweet little sister, Renee is in hospice, that is really all I can say now. My dreams are filled with surrender, an outpouring of love and a deep hole of sadness. So on these midsummer nights, I try to understand, believe and sustain faith. May the God you believe in, give you the peace of mind, that can surround the body, so that the soul may be released. Blessings to you and yours.
Tags: acrylic paint, belief, Blessings, body, Care, faith, Family, Friends, God, Graphite, Hope, hospice, http://indigeneart.com, Illustration Friday, Illustration Friday, Indigene, ink, love, midsummer, mind, mixed media, night, Paper, Peace, Prayers, release, Renee, soul, spirit, Surrender, watercolor
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Saturday, April 16th, 2011
 There is not one aspect of life that does not require a journey. It may be the physical act of a journey, a mental journey, an emotional journey or a spiritual journey. It is a fact, that a learning process can be had by any and all journeys, you just need to be open to the lesson(s).
Make all your journeys count, because in life, destination always looms big before you.
May all your journeys lead you to your ultimate self actualization.
Peace to you and yours.
Tags: acrylic, body, charcoal, Family, Friends, http://indigeneart.com, Illustration Friday, Indigene, journey, lesson(s), life, mind, mixed media, oil pastel, Paper, Peace, Self-Actualization, spirit, watercolor
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
After a busy work week and plenty of snow to shovel, it’s nice to surrender to the weekend!
For me that’s spending family time together and reading. This weekend it will be a fantasy novel. Ahhhh…to surrender to a peaceful weekend….Peace
Title: “Serene Mermaid” -Size: 11″x5.5“ – Media: Mixed
Tags: Aqua Blue, Awareness, Be Grateful, Coral, Create, energy, fish, http://indigeneart.com, Illustration Friday, Indigene, inspiration, Mermaid, Ocean, purple, red, Ritual, Sea Green, Serene, spirit, Surrender, Water, waves, Woman
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
While doing some cleaning and dusting, I came across a bag of pretty autumn leaves. I love the colors of autumn. I remember taking these leaves from a beautiful tree. So of course I stopped cleaning and looked for the photos of the tree it came from.
I’m one of those people that look at trees and always see people or some sort of magical creature, so I usually stop and snap a photo, since it’s usually on the road and I don’t get a chance to sketch and explore it until I get home. I find trees fascinating. Here’s a reference photo:
Well, to make a long story short, I never finished the dusting (the cleaning is ongoing)! My creative flow took over and I spent the next few days working on this image. Here she is, a dryad, a tree spirit, I’ve named her “Autumn Leaves”. Autumn is a part of the “Goddess Series”.
January is an ideal month for getting your office together, since it is after the holidays and everyone seems to be in recovery mode. It also helps that it is (7) seven degrees Fahrenheit outdoors! My creative flow is up 1000%.
Perfect hot chocolate weather, that’s where I am, indoors, warm, snugly, creating and happy!
Define your happiness today. Always in peace.
Tags: acrylic paint, Arches paper, Autumn, Autumn Leaves, clean, color pencil, creating, creative flow, Dryad, dust, goddess series, Graphite, green, Happy, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, January, office, Orange, Peace, red, snuggly, spirit, Tree, watercolor
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
I was in the “zone”, (which is the preoccupation of obsessively creating an image), becoming so strong in my mind’s eye, that I am only freed from the zone by completing the actual work. I worked days, excessively on this image.
I know that I feel exposed when I show any part of the process to anyone outside the zone of my head. I am aware that I am exposed.
I took breaks, but it is the night of another day of obsessing over every little piece of it, adding, subtracting, pacing around the work, only stopping to take nature’s breaks, which can be a nuisance when in the creative zone.
It is only when the image is getting near the final stages that I feel I have revealed my subject or an aspect of them in an honest approach.
Tags: "O", 22x30 inches, acrylic, Arches paper, bracelet, charms, color pencil, Creative, day, easel, enamel, expose, Graphite, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, mixed media, moon, moonscapes, night, obsession, pen/ink, portrait, Snakes, spirit, spirituality, Studio, turtles, vulnerability, watercolor, Work-In-Progress, Zone
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
 Usually, I do not show my work in progress, (it is often a muddy or murky process);
But, since I do photograph the progress for my own records, I’m merging my inner work with my outer practice more in 2010. So in trusting my own process, I believe it has to be a sharing process, albeit a scary one!
Currently, I’m working on a portrait of someone, who is so full of love and compassion, “to be of service to others,” her own words, is her soul’s ministry. I’m doing this portrait based on poetry of hers, dreams and symbols that correlates with this individual. I want this portrait to be an expression of her inner self, a snapshot of her inner world and indicator of her spirit. I’ve combined her offerings of self with my vision, feelings and personal expression to create an overall sense of this person.
Whether it is a portrait or not, it is always a process of self discovery. I’ll be doing this over several posts…
Tags: "O", Arches paper, dreamscape, empathic, expression, feelings, Graphite, hypersensitive, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, intuitive, journey, muddy, murky, poetry, portrait, sensitive, spirit, Totem, vision
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
 This week for Illustration Friday, I did not have time to come up with a new illustration, so I had to borrow an image I’ve already created. What can I say? Life is hectic!
There are so many ways that people are similar, but unfortunately we have created a history of focusing on negative differences. Maybe…hopefully, in the USA, we are now focusing on the similarities and celebrating all our differences.
Oh I am so wishing for this New Year in the United States of America! Peace.
Tags: America, blue, Eagles, Graphite, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, marker, mixed media, pen/ink, red, similar, spirit, watercolor, white
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