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WIP Wednesday: Consciousness
Work in Progress Wednesday is about sharing art in all of it’s phases – ugly duckling to beautiful swan. Visit this post for more on this series. I’ve been getting a little sick of the colors on my...
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A Mixed Media Canvas: Listen
Let go of the need to classify every experience. let go of the need to rationalize. when you quiet your mind, what do you hear? with your ears? with your body? energy vibrating all around connecting...
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Musings of a Newbie
I am learning to paint. As somewhat of a newbie, I look back on my first paintings that I have hanging up in my house, and I hate them. Yes, I realize hate is a strong word, but it’s true. …...
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A Magical Life
“There was a dream and one day I could see it. Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it.” ~ The Avett Brothers The other day my friend shared some wisdom she had … Continue...
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A Mixed Media Canvas: Whimsical
This is a canvas I finished recently for this adorable little girl I used to teach in baby yoga. Her mom allowed for a lot of artistic expression, essentially saying “I trust you”. Eeeep! I knew she...
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Live Free
Maybe you are noticing a theme here lately? I’m breaking through to a place where I do not feel bound by limits. Taking my big dreams and breaking them down into baby steps (thank you, Stargardener)...
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Work in Progress Wednesday: Peacock
So I hit a bit of a breakdown. In a good way. I mentioned the other day there were some paintings that just didn’t jive for me…. They lacked the heart and emotion (in the process) that I want to …...
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An Art Monster
I’ve created a monster. A miniature art monster. I mentioned that my child loves to be in my studio. Somehow during his waking hours he has turned into the artist, and I, his assistant. I’m not...
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Life… In Photos
School starts back next week, and cool weather is right around the corner. We’ve been soaking up these last days of summer, making the most of them. How have you been spending your dwindling summer days?
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My August Dailies
This well-loved journal traveled everywhere with me for the month of August. On hikes, to a music festival, running errands… you name it, this baby came with me. I thought I would give you a peek at...
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What Makes Me Come Alive
This has been a week of pushing myself further and further, and then realizing my body needs a break. It’s OK to take time out. It’s OK to sit on the couch with nothing else on my agenda other than …...
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Work in Progress Wednesday: Ready for Healing
In the early morning hours painting with the sunrise the canvas started to tell a story so many complex layers building in intensity whispers of confusion rivulets of tears a work in progress ready for...
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A Mixed Media Canvas: Peacock
Flashing his brilliant colors so proud, chin lifted announcing to the world, this is me look at my true colors unabashedly loud **This guy looked much different last Work In Progress Wednesday. Here is...
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In the Interest of Keeping it Real
I read a blog post from one of my favorite bloggers, The Bloggess, yesterday where she posed the question – is everyone really as perfect as their Facebook and Instagram feeds would indicate? Is she...
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The Scattered Life Collective
My friend, Cynthia, is inviting folks to join in with sharing bits of their lives as a part of her new series, Scattered Life Collective. Her posts from this series are some of my favorites, so I...
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Into the Wilderness
We spent our labor day hiking through Red Rock Canyon. Technically, it’s probably not wilderness. It’s right on the edge of town. But it sort of still feels like wilderness to this city girl. This...
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En Plein Air on a New Moon
As the sun started to hang low in the sky, the trees glowed like fire. The moon whispered, “it’s time”. It’s time to finish this story you started. It’s time to bare a little more of your soul. It’s...
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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...
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A 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...
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A 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...
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