Work in Progress: Collaboration
There is a pattern happening in my house… No canvas is safe from getting pulled down and a layer of gesso slapped on top. I am starting to look at this as a practice in impermanence. Nothing lasts...
View ArticleA Mixed Media Canvas: Whole
I’m not still lying shattered on the floor… I stand tall. Have I “let it all go?” The experience that broke me? No, it still exists. Underneath, deep down inside. It will always be there. But my grip...
View ArticleA Break and an Experiment
Wednesday I posted my 200th post. This milestone has me reflecting on this space and why I blog. You see, I started blogging at the same time that I started creating art. I have never created art...
View ArticleSolace in Solitude
A retreat from the busyness of daily life. The noise, all the noise. A deep need, desire to retreat from the expectations. To quiet the voices of everyone around me… To turn it all down so that I could...
View ArticleInto the Wilderness; Devil’s Playground
My favorite way to view fall foliage. What’s your favorite way to witness the changing of the season?
View ArticleWork in Progress; Spirit Medicine
As I sit outside, skin chilled by the crisp morning air I take a deep breath, absorbing the energy of the world around me. I look to my left, seeing the trees. A dove appears, wings stretched, backlit...
View ArticleMoon Tea
This morning in the gray light of dawn while snow quietly fell outside the warmth of my home I gathered some of my favorite herbs – chamomile, lavender, lemon balm, passionflower. A handful of each...
View ArticleA Moon Mystic
For many years, I was negatively affected by a full moon. Full moon days were spent in friction. I was annoyed with the world, and everyone in it. Over time, I’ve become more in tune with the phases of...
View ArticleCycles
With the changing of the seasons, I have been reminded how all life goes in cycles. Within each of us, there are seasons to our life. Old bits of ourselves die and leave in order to make way for new...
View ArticlePainted Pavo Journals–Now Available!
I am excited to now be offering PAINTED Pavo Journals! These new journals are made from unique mono-printed pages. Each page is topped with delicious, high-quality Golden paints. The pages are then...
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