My blog of about 275 pieces have been on WordPress since 2008. I decided to combine a website with my blog. I show pictures of my art with the intention that it matches my thoughts that day. I havent written a blog since January of 2023. My main focus is to show on my website my paintings for sale.
Believing in your gift
We all have moments of Joy when we create, but then the devil comes craftily to doubt. It is so easy to fall for that. We can control our thoughts when we believe in the gift God has given us and realize we can be authentic in our doing. Yes, I can make mistakes when painting but just the doing is powerful in itself to correct and then continue without judgement. How do you judge yourself???
Keep readingRenewing an old friend
In our home we had new tiles and and baseboards after putting our furniture in the garage this summer. Had boxes and boxes of books etc. so going through them I found an old friend Robert Henri who wrote “The Art Spirit” in the early 20th century. He was a teacher that has helped many many artists. He had much wisdom not only in painting but in a person’s spiritual journey. I took my journey in my mid fifties and still pursuing off and on in late 70’s. My husband and I took my artist friend to lunch yesterday who at 100 years old…
Keep readingFreedom in a few lines
As a creative, I tend to forget I don’t need a lot of lines to translate my art to what I want to express. I get to a point where I put too much information in the painting. What am I really trying to say? I bring confusion instead of clarity. Instead of freedom, I bring chaos to my thoughts and deeds. My walk with Jesus Christ is that way too! When I really quiet my thoughts, I can walk with joy and fun!
Keep readingBecoming better for each stage of life!
Using Scripture for daily living, has calmed me with peace and hopefully love. I’m not putting pressure on to do but to be. Accepting the guidance from the Lord has broken the need to have a career anymore but to let go and let God lead me into the next step of my journey as an artist. The pressure that I had put upon myself years ago is gone. What a relief! I’m asking do you put pressure on your self? The world has some crazy unhealthy ideas what we should do. Been through many fires in my early years…
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Dithering Is That A Word???
It seems that as I paint over older paintings I’m coming up with ideas that are all over the place. I choose different colors that the art piece had before leaving just part of the art in an area. Planning is not my juice. I attack then squeeze paint here there and every where. I am learning more about myself as I journey through creativity. I’ve been in galleries but if I change my style I’m no longer wanted there because I’m not consistent. In Oregon, I had a show gave a talk sold 5 large paintings in that month…
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Walking the talk and talking the walk
I’ve been in flux for a while going back in forth in what TO really WANT in my life. The journey is tough sometimes and sometimes rewarding. First off is to acknowledge God loves me ME!! Here I am in my late 70s and God has planted a hope in me than He isn’t finished with me yet! I’ve had some success in the art world but that doesn’t mean anything to me today. The gift of painting is still there but where to put that somewhere by journaling or sharing the gift somehow is still a puzzle. Learning to…
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