Author: lori landis art

  • Transformation

    With all that is going on in the world, it is easy to buy into the negativity.  We all have to set ourselves up for something better. Why not start each day with positive input? That is truly transforming into loving yourself and others. This painting is called “Released”.  It means released from negativity and…

  • Pursuing Excellence

    Just watched a movie about Winslow Homer.   A famous artist from the 1850’s to 1909 who made wonderful paintings of life and daily living. He was  an advanced thinker of social change.   Homer loved depicting women and children and the landscape.   He went from tight wonderful paintings to full of life loose…

  • America, Where Art Thou?

    I’m grateful to live in this country and I don’t like it when people tear it down and insist that we’ve got to change the Constitution to fit their their own self interests.  This country is changing so much and by trampling on the Constitution we won’t recognize it.  It is heading toward an un-United…

  • Just Being

    It’s such a mystery to know who we really are.  It’s about just being.  I’ve had many years of covering up who I really am but through changes in my journeyand the Spirit inside me I’m more true and authentic.  I can relax through the expectations of myself and others and let go of all.…

  • The Lightbulb Is On

    There is a story about Monet who is sitting in his Garden.  His neighbor sees him and says, “I seeing you are resting ,  Claude”.  Monet replies, “No I’m working”.  Two weeks later his neighbor sees him at his easel and says, “Oh Claude,  I see you are working”.   Monet says,  “No I’m resting”.…

  • Building on Hope

    Hope is a powerful word.  It’s the basis of dreams and goals.  If you can’t hope for the future and then build on it, you’ll be stuck in the same place year after year.   As an artist it’s more that that. I get stuck in myriad of ways.  One is listening to the gurus…

  • Endurance to Win The Race

    To win a race you have to run many miles even when your legs feel like they’re going to fall off.  What you are doing is building endurance.   That is what I’m in the process of doing, I’m building endurance.   I can’t sit around and daydream and think I can win.  No, I…

  • Feeling Renewed

    After a rain is over do you feel renewed?  I know I do.  The air is clear and sparkling and smells wonderful.  I feel the the same way when I spend time in the studio and my paintings sing to me. I feel refreshed.  The same happens when I’m with people I care for and…

  • Here”s to a Great Ride!!

    Looking forward to 2013.  What a journey it can be by keeping my attitude and faith in the fullness of love.   Look, everyone has troubles to deal with but  how we approach them is how we win the race.  Gratefulness is a major major component of my life.  How I think each day and…

  • Rethinking my life outside the box

    It’s amazing to me how I could not see that I’ve been in a box of my own making.  There are  so many ways to trap myself and then wonder how did I do that.  It brings frustration and personal illness.  I was trying so hard to be like other art studio/galleries on the street…