I have spent the last couple of days creating some new pieces of jewelry for my new PayPal Store. Needless to say my jewelry muse is in the house and hard at work. lol
Today, I’m working on the “unique one of a kind pendulums that I make, and some new meditation beads & rosaries. Go [...]
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What a great Collage Assemblage Video! This could be one way of recycling old paintings & sketches, and a creative way to use all those old frames stored in the garage. I love it!
thought for the day: “Creating a collage from parts of paintings is like keeping a diary of certain incidences of your vision.” [...]
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After many days of very hot weather it finally cooled down today and that makes me a happy camper.
I’ve been playing around with this piece for a couple of days. The inspiration for it came partly from watching crows in our yard and partly from a dream I had about a crow reading aloud from [...]
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Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful Earth Day!
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” – John Muir
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Here is a wonderful video featuring Maggie Ayres thoughts and techniques behind her beautiful cocoon creations. Amazing!
To find out more about Maggie Ayres and her artwork go here.
“To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.” – George Kneller
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There were butterflies in the garden this morning . . . . So beautiful and so fragile! They inspired me to want to do something creative. I have been so busy with other projects, I haven’t had the time or inclination to work in the studio.
At times when I am feeling blocked, but feel the [...]
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Today, I got my beading supplies out and made another Chakra Meditation Bracelet. This one has both an amethyst bear and a lapis bead for the third eye. Reason being that the bear represents the person’s favorite animal spirit. I also added pink quartz dangles to symbolize love & the compassionate heart.
I used a hematite [...]
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I spent most of the day cleaning our mud room. I put away all the umbrellas and raincoats, and removed all the little odds and ends that seemed to have made their way there. It felt really good to get rid of all the clutter!
Here are a couple of preliminary sketches for an illustration I [...]
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Nature Talking – Acrylic- Mixed media Collage – 9 x 12 inches on paper
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” -John Muir
“If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking.
Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.”
- Raymond Inmon
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Well it has been a rainy day today in the bay area and it came down hard at times. I snapped this photo as the rain water gushed down our driveway.
I spent the day finishing up an acrylic painting I have been working on, and later I’m going to finish reading my book “The Artist’s [...]
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