Art & Inspiration For Your Life
Karen Valentine of “My Desert Cottage” is hosting the 2nd Annual Where Bloggers Create Party. The party officially begins on June 19th. Over 450 artists are linking up and sharing posts. I am excited to be participating in this fun event! I hope you enjoy this sneak peek at where I create....
Meet Writer and Painter, Rose Firestone...
Meet Photographer, Jennifer Weinberg… Jennifer, Getting to work with you for the “Our Backyard” show at Sertoma Arts Center was an incredible pleasure! Watching you take everything in before you even set up your camera I knew your work was a true art form. Because of that experience I am now grateful to also...
The process of creating art can be quite rejuvenating. Time spent alone with dripping paint is like a mini vacation from daily activities. It is quiet time free from distracting thoughts. Time well deserved and very much needed in our daily lives! I am so happy to be making more time for my own...
Welcome to the first edition of “Inspiring Artists!” I am so excited to be beginning this new series and thrilled to start it off with such an inspirational artist! Meet Mixed Media Artist, Carmen Torbus… Carmen, I would like to start with you as my first “Inspirational Artist,” since you are the one who...
I am fairly new to the concept of blogging. So far I am enjoying being able to share creative thoughts and ideas with the blog reading world. It made me wonder what other thoughts are being shared, what bits of inspiration can I gleam from other artists. In doing some online browsing I have...
Two weeks into my online workshop and I have four pieces completed. Six more in process! This was apparently the motivation I needed to make more time for my art. It is amazing that when I actually have some sort of deadline, even if it’s self imposed, how much work I can get done....
Since signing up for Carmen Torbus’ mixed media workshop I have been in a creating frenzy. The first step in this class is to develop textured backgrounds using acrylic paint. So far I have SEVEN different pieces. I am having so much fun! Can’t wait to share the finished work with you. In the...
I am feeling so inspired lately. Inspired to create and inspired to inspire! Art is, as Picasso has said, a way to wash the dust from our everyday lives. While creating art of any form we are free from many of the restrictions we normally place on ourselves. We come to a place where...
Last night I woke in the middle of the night and could not fall back asleep. Eventually I got up and turned to my journal and a cup of tea. I was inspired to create a page based on the text from The Daily Word of the day. “Perhaps in the busyness of my...