There are only so many hours a day and the energy to fill those hours. So I have to pick and choose what I’m going to accomplish. I’ve become a little more organized. By doing my cleaning on Saturdays , that takes it off my mind during the week so I can concentrate on my…

Centering is the name of the painting on the right. The size is 36×12 acrylic on board and is priced at $1800. Now that the advertising is over, I’d like to talk about centering or focusing and making your work easier. With all the hoopla going around like TV, Computer, Cell Phone, IPOD’s, etc. I…

Klimt & Klee really are great artists. So is my friend Renee Phillips of Manhattanarts.com (look up her jewelry website there). She made this necklace called “Balance” and people can’t keep their eyes off it. ( That’s me).I don’t know why people who do fine art look down their nose at fine crafts and the…

Spring is here at last in the desert and I’m loving it! With all the wildflowers blooming there is lots of color. Which I love. Spring also brings the time when you want to be outside enjoying the weather but your head says be inside so you can follow thru on all the aspects of…

Isolating myself does not lead to healing and good art. I don’t know if it’s been the lack of good sleeping or depression or frustration. But after this weekend, I went to a celebration of life of a gal who just is recovering from open heart surgery. Her friends were really loving and I loved…

Yes, the quest for gold in the title could mean looking for the money but I mean it in a different way. I’m questing for the gold in my heart and the creativity that comes out of my heart.It comes from looking inside deeply of who I am on this journey. The refining of gold…

A Saturn commercial has taken an old song “Hold On Tight To Your Dreams”. How true, true ,true. Without dreams we are just existing and not living. If you go to my website http://www.Landisart.comand on the home page you’ll see “Creative Spirit” video. Click on that and you’ll see what I mean. Live for each…

Belief in myself as an artist keeps me coming back for “more” because this is my mission. Many people are afraid of non-objective (abstract) art. They don’t really look at it and get drawn into it. Most times they take just a glance rather than standing in front of the painting and absorbing it. Rembrandt…

Yesterday, My husband and I were given a private tour of “Illuminated Manuscripts” at the Phoenix Art Museum By Jim Melikian, the collector of these manuscripts. It was fascinating. One of the hand made books was made about 1000 A.D. The precisionand tiny letters and designs were just amazing. The patience of the monks and…

I’ve worked very hard these past 9 years of being a professional artist. I’ve gotten some good things going on. Other things seem like I’m banging my head against a rock. That’s when my mind (chatter) tries to take over. Should I do this , should I do that until I get very confused. I’m…