An artist friend loaned to me a 2 CD set of Michell Cassou workshop.  She and Stewart Cubley wrote a book that I had read moons ago called “Life, Paint and Passion”.  Both the CD’s and Book talk about letting go of what you think SHOULD be  putting on the canvas and letting your authentic self…

I know, I know, it is summer and no snow. Cool your jets because what I’m talking about is about attitude. A few years back I had a huge studio and the Chamber of Commerce and the Scottsdale Center of the Arts asked me to be on their Culture Quest Tours.  This was exciting which…

Being Aware can mean many things.  One is safety, one is carefully driving and so on.  But what I mean is awareness of who you are and the ability to only act and not react.  When we react we make major mistakes. I’ve made huge mistakes because I wasn’t paying attention or because my ego…

Artists come up with a thousand questions to figure out who, what, where, why and how to be an artist especially a selling artist. We come up with what our goals are, the ability to express ourselves with our art, the technique, our business acumen and so on.  The major flaw  is the questioning ourselves…

Maybe it’s just me but it seems that the pace has accelerated in social networking. It’s also teaching me  to keep up with the technical whiz bang stuff . I belong to many groups on LinkedIn and looking to expand into new groups on facebook.  Whew! I’m also working on new substrates for painting.  I love painting!…

I just finished reading Susan Vreeland’s book “The Forest Lover”. It is a good read just like all of Susan’s books.  It is a somewhat fictional account of Emily Carr who lived in the first half of the 20th century. It talked about her passion and williness to live through tremendous hardships sometimes to do her…

Working toward dreams,goals brings into my life new experiences that I had never thought of before.  I talked about balance in my previous blog but I’m talking about now the journey to achieve my goals. I never though about teaching as part of my dream but I really enjoy bringing new thoughts and  ideas to…

Change is sometimes unsettling but very good for me and I’m sure for you too.  It doesn’t always seem good but evolving into something more takes a dash of courage and patience.  I’m always climbing a ladder to be better with plateaus in between.  I did a series a few years back (14 pieces) that is…

The promise of Spring and new beginnings start right in my heart. I’m feeling almost giddy.  Getting my house clean and the sun  shining through clean windows is a relief. I also feel lighthearted about my art and career.  I’m cleaning out my Spirit.  Getting ready for something wonderful is my expectation.  Do you have…

When does the madness end? What I’m talking about is all thse social networking groups. I got an invite today from plaxo. I wrote to the person and said I can’t do one more group.  I’m on Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin and my space.  I don’t do my space or my art space anymore. everyone…