I've been in hibernation, as far as my blog is concerned. I will remedy that immediately! I try to blog weekly, but I've been working very hard on some left brain activities, like updating my office systems, reorganizing my files (yes, again) and adding more art to my inventory! I'm also preparing for a Holiday Studio Tour, releasing a new product line, working on my newsletter to my collectors, creating a new painting series and attending some workshops! So that's what I've been up to, instead of blogging, I've hardly had time to think! I need to get a lot done before the winter blahs and then my bear-like tendencies will be in full effect, ... Continue Reading »
Studio Time
Defining Success
This blog plays a part in my success, because it captures some of my creative processes, dreams, experiences of art and life, as a daily practice, I share with others. Since my creative processes are often done in isolation, my blog is a way for me to interact with others, which in turn helps me to network, connect and share! After some difficult months and major changes, I spent some time soul searching, reestablishing boundaries, redefining goals. My definition of success needed to be adjusted, tweaked and changed at various times in my life. What I defined as success in my twenties, looks very different from what success looks like in my ... Continue Reading »
Perennial Thoughts On Becoming
I am in the middle of my life, my children are long from babyhood, my youngest will leave the nest in two years, and my eldest is creating his own wisdom, apart from mine. Where the preciousness of life takes on a new meaning, because I may be closer to an ending than a beginning. Why do I write this? As an artist, I gravitate toward the visual; it's just my particular way of interacting with my world. With so many things, to catch my eyes, I am in a constant state of over-stimulation and creating art is the passionate thing that calms me down. It is the constant, throughout my life that I believe keeps me interested, sane, stable and ... Continue Reading »
Shadow of Her Former Self
Soaking up this beautiful weather, communing with nature, chatting with friends, loving family, laughing, being shamelessly silly and truly understanding how life is so precious, always puts me in a pondering mode. (Work In Progress- April 25, 2011-SEE COMPLETED PAINTING BELOW) I'm currently pondering on... Creating starts with shadows, some darker than others, with more and more substance added and once the shadows have become a thing of substance, color invades it from all angles. Like our earth. Maybe that's really the big bang theory, or is it what God created from the shadows, what is now our earth; no matter what you believe, ... Continue Reading »
Asleep with Nature…Awake with Life
Quietly asleep...under moonlight... I love waking up, when the ribbons of light from the sun, are just beginning to streak across the sky. Nature is wide awake with bird songs and crickets, and many humans are still asleep. Nature has the most beautiful way of putting us to sleep and waking us up. The beginning and the end...the alpha and the omega... Peace to you and yours. (Backyard Shack - 12"x32"- Mixed Media) ... Continue Reading »
Zoo Safari
The word for this week at Illustration Friday's website, is "safari". Unfortunately, my current safari adventures with exotic wild animals are at the zoo! One day, I will go to Africa, the Amazon, China and India to see exotic wild life. Hopefully, they will not be extinct! During my safari to the Philadelphia Zoo (click on the zoo link to find out more about Maya and friends) in March 2011, I visited the snow leopards and polar bears! As I watched, Maya, the snow leopard, I was mesmerized by her spirit! So after sketching and taking photos, I came back to my Studio Nookery and created this piece, entitled, "Maya's Spirit" (14"x 12"- Mixed ... Continue Reading »
Journey
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. ... Continue Reading »
