This morning I took a few minutes to sit in the garden with a hot cup of Irish tea as I listened to the wind in the bamboo and watched autumn leaves falling upon the dew soaked grass beneath my feet.
It’s hard to believe October is already upon us and that means the holidays are [...]
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This was a very busy day in the studio, yet I did manage to work on the other I Ching collage today. I added more layers and collage elements.
Later I tried taking a photo of what I’ve done so far but this was the only one that was in focus. For some reason the face [...]
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The I Ching collage is finished. I had fun experimenting with attaching watercolor paper to the canvas and finally figured out that hard molding paste was the best choice for me.
I painted the Kuan Yin portrait and the sun on Fabriano Watercolor paper. The I Ching hexagram Tai was created on rice paper. For more [...]
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Today is the Autumnal equinox. It’s officially Fall. Equinox literally means “equal night”, and from here on out the nights will grow longer as we head towards winter.
September is a month of changes, we’ve had our summer fun, the night’s grow cooler and it’s almost time to bid farewell to the warm weather.
It’s also the [...]
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The pregnant dark clouds rolling in, the soft sound of rain hitting my studio window and our dog lying next to me create feelings of warmth and gratitude for just being alive.
I believe it is so important to wake up, stop doing whatever we are doing, just step back and take a deep breath. Life [...]
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I had to replace my Neti Pot yesterday, it had served me for a number of years and had so many little nicks and cracks I had to finally replace it.
I went to our local Health Food store and found this little gem. I thought about getting a plastic one but I decided on another [...]
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Today I was able to work some more on the Tui collage/Mixed Media piece. I added some more collage components and painted in some leaves along her neck area.
Hopefully tomorrow I will have some extra time to work on it.
Tui - Mixed Media - 8 X 10 inches on canvas
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Yesterday afternoon my husband showed me this beautiful shadow on our living room wall… Wow!
I grabbed my camera and took some photos. The shadow was cast by a metal angel sculpture hanging on our front door.
Angel Shadow
Another shadow cast above a mirror
Later when I was watering the garden I noticed all the fruit on [...]
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TGIF fudge brownies on a Friday afternoon is the perfect way to end a work week… Just ask my husband!
My husband loves chocolate so I decided to bake up some fudge brownies for him. The moment they started baking he came out of his office asking me what that smell was, and as soon as [...]
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It’s another day in the studio and I am working on a new collage/painting. For the theme of this painting I chose the I Ching hexagram Tui which represents happiness, joy, success, and good fortune.
The trigram Tui also denotes the youngest daughter and is symbolized by the smiling lake which is associated with freshwater in [...]
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