Last Sunday I drove 12 hours to one of my favorite places on earth – the Omega Institute in upstate NY – where I attended a 5-day art workshop with Flora Bowley, the artist that taught me to paint many years ago. And even though I’ve been back home for a couple days, my head is still buzzing with … Keep reading…
My artwork continually wakes me up long after I sell it. And truthfully it’s the title of each collage that ends up being the teacher. Let me explain. I choose artwork to post to Instagram each day based on how it looks in my grid of top 9 posts. THEN I notice the title and am often … Keep reading…
If you followed my Mayo Clinic adventure on Instagram, you already know I was there being treated for a rare lung disease (chronicled in 5 IG posts, starting here). Although not life threatening, I just discovered that it will take about 18 months to heal, which includes 2+ hours every day of self-care/breathing exercises. Yikes. … Keep reading…
Every January I read about people choosing a word that will define or be the focus of their year ahead. They choose powerful words like TRUST, OPEN, REST. And although I truly love this concept as I’m all about having a spiritual focus, I just realized why I have never chosen a word for the … Keep reading…
Now on my 12th and final chapter following The Artist’s Way, I have ANOTHER confession. It’s taken me many more than 12 weeks to get to this point. My process got stalled around week 8 when life sent me on a wild roller coaster ride with almost every minute of every day scheduled. However, in … Keep reading…
The first six weeks through “The Artist’s Way” has felt like a warm blanket of self love and healing, with so much unexpected expansion and growth. Biggest learning so far? Before this 12-week journey began, my focus had been on creating “good”, inspiring, sellable art. After all, I wanted my full time income to come … Keep reading…
True confession – I’ve attempted to follow The Artist’s Way 12-week course for “recovering your creative self” two previous times, and never got past week one. Then I read an article about another artist’s journey through this process (who also couldn’t finish it previously), and suddenly I was inspired to give it another more try. … Keep reading…
I’ve wanted to “make it” as an artist for as long as I can remember. And even though it feels like I’ve “made it” in every other area of my life, I’ve never felt like I’ve reached this nebulous goal with art. Interestingly, 20 years ago I would have defined where I am now with … Keep reading…
“Fly higher” is ALMOST ready to fly August 20 at 9 am EST for newsletter subscribers (3pm for the rest of the world) Throughout this LONG process, I have repeatedly asked myself these questions. 1. WHY did I create these 22 collages? And a close cousin … What is the meaning behind each artwork, both … Keep reading…