I had a bad day yesterday. It happens. This one, however, was particularly life changing. It was one of those “I know why he cut off his ear”, and “I’ll never be an artist” days. No ideas floating in my head. No niggling messages to paint. No desire to paint anything. Music didn’t help. Walking… Continue Reading
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Twelve and a half years….
….I’ve been painting. It seems like yesterday when I had my first lesson from my best friend who worked with me at KU Med Center as a nurse, and then, she turned all artistic on me!!! I was remodeling houses at the time, and had an old plaster ceiling fall on my head, to which… Continue Reading
I Choose….LOVE.
It seems so often that we are all asked to be the same. Oh sure, “they” tell you that being different is great, but, then you go to school and conformity is the name of the game. At least where I grew up. Maybe those were restrictions that I put on myself – but I… Continue Reading
Being “Chosen”
Being “chosen” to be an artist is an interesting journey. To say the least. Especially for some of us who come from very traditional backgrounds where there are no “creatives” anywhere in the family tree. Or family members and friends who are extremely creative, but choose to follow a traditional path rather than answer the… Continue Reading
Trust
Every year, I try to pick a word that I choose to focus to work on for the year. This year, was no exception. TRUST! Trust my intuition, trust my knowing, just trust. The last blog I wrote about was VERY raw and vulnerable. (Hope Rising) I put myself out there like I had never… Continue Reading
What to do…..
…..when you feel like you are being guided to paint something that is almost unexplainable even to you? How do you translate that to canvas? And, how do you explain it to those who are asking for an explanation? I started painting “beings” a year or so ago….but, they were unfinished. Kinda raw and tattered. … Continue Reading
