One year ago today, I set up my new art studio. The next day, on January 5, 2015 at 5 a.m., I got up to watch the sun rise from my studio window, pulled out an unfinished collage, and started playing. In those simple moments, my heart exploded with joy, tears welled in my eyes, and all I could say was “I’m … Keep reading…
After 11 years of working with the image my sister’s baby picture, this collage is finally done. Whew, what a journey. Mostly joyful, but sometimes frustrating because I just couldn’t find the perfect piece, and this happened many times during the process. The next step would usually be to print all the individual pieces, and then hand cut, … Keep reading…
After working with my sister’s baby picture for 11 years, I think this could be a wrap! And all thanks my one-hour-a-day art commitment. Amazing how much I’ve been able to accomplish by doing art every single day, NO MATTER WHAT. What do you think? Anything missing? Comment below on what you see different in today’s version, … Keep reading…
As I was checking my FB news feed this morning, I came across this amazing list shared by my friend Jennifer Halls. Her friend Ann Shengold had written “Symptoms of Inner Peace” in 1999, and the Charlotte Observer reprinted it on Christmas Day in honor of her life and recent death. This list is so … Keep reading…
Happy day after Christmas! Nice to have all that busyness behind me, although all the festivities were oh so fun. Especially opening gifts with my love and cooking our traditional Christmas breakfast together. Our day was so quiet and peaceful, at times boring, and that was healing too. After so much travel and Christmas prep … Keep reading…
I LOVE watching the sunrise rise from my studio window. Pictures don’t do this justice, but in the far background, you can see the lake – its a little slice of blue in the bottom center of the picture. I don’t live ON the lake, but at least I have this sweet lake view in the … Keep reading…
I’ve made it to day 30 of my challenge to do art everyday, and get up at 5am to do it! Yahooooooo!!!!! Now what? This worked so well, I don’t want to stop. But before I start another challenge, and perhaps extend this one, I want to consider what worked and didn’t work with the … Keep reading…
I’m so excited about where this collage is headed. The planets floating from the window make my heart race with joy! Feels like I’m close to calling it done, but not quite. Still needs a bit of tweaking. Something seems missing with the little girl – a crown maybe? More experimenting left to do – … Keep reading…
Thanks to my 30 day challenge to do art EVERY day, I’ve accomplished so much. Feels amazing to be focused on what I love with every fiber of my being. I added a couple cool new elements today, that will most likely stay on the finished collage. What changed since yesterday? This is really … Keep reading…