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…

Too much of a chattering mind keeps me sometimes from listening to my heart. If I lose focus then I’m not free to be creative. Being on the computer and learning all these new ways of doing things plus keeping up with the organizational stuff gets to me. The flow is gone because I freeze…

My childhood was made up of “you can’t do”. Negativity hurts your soul if you hear it enough.  My journey started rocky but I don’t believe the negativity anymore. My soul is saying you can, you can just like the “Little Engine Who Could”. I was tender but I’m getting whole and strong. I’m a…

Learning how to walk as a baby, a baby has take little steps. As a seven yr old girl after getting out of the hospital and gaining my limbs back I had learn to walk with my arm not working. It caused an imbalance and with a few concussions finally got myself going. I wanted…

I guess I’m going to get a bit philosophical about the journey of THIS artist. You see, I’ve been fighting battles all my life because of the frame of reference that was put into my head. There are lots of books out how to slice and dice your brain to become a better person but…