Art & Inspiration For Your Life
Meet Kelley Brown… Please introduce yourself and your art a little bit. I have been an artist from the time that I first picked up a crayon: I drew a horse, and that image still hangs in my parent’s house reminding me of my passion from an early age. I was involved in art...
“Warm Breeze” 24″x36″ Oil Painting on Gallery Wrap Canvas Painting complete. I am beyond excited right now. First of all, I LOVE how this piece came out. When I look at it I can actually feel a warm breeze blowing over me. Can you feel it? Me doing a little happy dance in my...
The doors to the 21 Secrets playground open TOMORROW!!!! I’m a little excited, can you tell? Working with 20 other amazingly creative and inspirational women will do that to anyone. I can’t wait to share what we have created with the world! If you still want to get in on all the fun, registration...
I just had to share with you this little drawing I did in my Journal the other night. Typically I don’t do much actual drawing in my journal. However, I just took an online class at 21 Secrets that inspired this page. One of the perks of being an instructor is having early access...
Introducing an exciting new line up of “Inspiring Artist” interviews. This year I am going to be featuring an AMAZING group of artists including painters, journal artists, art therapists, photographers, art educators, mixed-media artists, gallery owners and more!!! Join me right here at JoyfulArtsStudio on Mondays for a weekly dose of artistic inspiration. To...
There are moments in our lives that act as a turning point. A turning mentally or physically from the straight path we were following onto a new unexplored road. Perhaps it leads us towards an external goal or maybe it takes us deeper within our selves. This morning, out of the blue, I was...
I think we all need to practice the art of breaking our routines from time to time. So much of our lives are lived on auto pilot. What we do, where we go, how we get there, who we see, what we eat, what we say, and when we do it all are largely...
I’ve got some exciting news about one of my former “Inspiring Artist” interviewees. The amazingly inspirational Carmen Torbus has just published her first book, The Artist Unique. Congratulations Carmen! If you missed her interview, be sure to check it out here. At the time she was still in the process of putting the book...
I LOVE MY JOB!! As I’m sitting outside, “working” on this beautiful, warm, sunny day, I am utterly overwhelmed with gratitude. I am grateful for the beautiful natural world that surrounds me. I am grateful for this creative life. I am grateful for laptop computers and plein-air artist easels. I am grateful for the...
You do not need to explain yourself. Simply be who you wish to be. _______________...