Category: Miscellaneous

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....

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...

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...

I completed a new mixed media collage, which I titled “Finding Yourself.” Seems like a recent theme I’ve been encountering personally and in conversations with others. This theme is something I have spent countless journal entries on in the past. In fact the text in this collage was taken directly out of one of...

I keep several journals. Sometimes I create a combination of words and imagery and other times just write pages of text. Journals serve as a quick creative outlet. It is a way to release thoughts or work through ideas. My son, Noah (2) has even started keeping his own “visual journals.” It is interesting...

Thank you to everyone who made it out to the Reception last night. We had a wonderful turn out and the new artwork was met with great response. I enjoyed sharing my work and meeting new people. It is such a compliment to me when I hear viewers envisioning themselves in the landscapes I...