It’s been one of those days where there’s so many ideas buzzing around in my head and just too many other distractions going on to really focus on them.
Hopefully I will have a chance to work on some of these tomorrow.
Sonoma - Combined Media - 8 X 10
“Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the [...]
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Now that I have been blogging for 8 months I decided to look for a new theme for my site, and I found one that has three columns instead of two.
As I work on updating my blog I may be switching the header images from time to time as a way to showcase my art [...]
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Today, I played around with some of my favorite gemstones and created a necklace. The necklace is made with jade, citrine, blue lace agate combined with rich golden freshwater pearls, swarovski crystal beads, copper spacers and a copper closure.
Some lore of the gemstones used in the making of this necklace
Citrine is useful for balancing and [...]
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Crows everywhere this morning! A group of crows descended on our oak tree this morning, squawking and making such a ruckus they woke me up.
As I peaked out our kitchen window I saw two squirrels making a run for it over our neighbors rooftop. I didn’t see anything else out of the ordinary, so I [...]
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Spent the morning working on a painting and I’m almost finished! Hallelujah!
Later I played around with a couple of new ideas I wanted to try. As with all things, especially related to art, there are no guarantees.
After a couple of hours I finally had one painting which kind of worked for me. I’m not sure [...]
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Creative playtime is often one of the most important activities we can engage in as artists. I believe taking the time to play with new ideas, new mediums and color palettes, keeps us in touch with our creative child. After all, our child just wants to have some fun. Taking risks and experimenting is key [...]
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A couple of years ago while we were flying back from visiting my dad in the Midwest, we were enjoying our flight and took some wonderful aerial shots with our camera.
While sitting in my window seat watching the landscape below change and shift, cities became tiny islands of humanity in the midst of large expanses [...]
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“Myth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are the artists of one kind or another. The function of the artist is the mythologization of the environment and the world”. - Joseph Campbell
“The job of the storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken [...]
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It has been an interesting weekend. I’ve been without a computer since Thursday, so I haven’t posted for awhile.
My hubby was able to repair it over the weekend and I am one happy camper to have my computer up and running again. The down time gave me a chance to clean my computer desk which [...]
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I hit the wall! I’ve been working on an abstract painting for a few days and have been feeling more frustrated with each passing day. Arghhh!
Today, I was having great fun splashing paint, and collaging elements onto the canvas, until I stepped back to gauge how it was going. It was one of those moments [...]
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