Diamonds and Rust
A heart-shaped rock, a piece of coral, or a swirl in a tree, sends me love from the universe.
Into the Darkness
Scare yourself just a little bit. Add dark colors & the difference is immediate. It’s hard to appreciate the edge of darkness when we’re scared.
Who DO you think you ARE?
I had a great time being photographed by Jeremy DeWeese last month. It was SO much FUN! And then I got self-conscious about the experience. Silly Me! Human Me! What a GREAT experience!
Taking Time to Play
"I've looked at trees from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow. It's trees illusions I recall, I really don't know trees at all." A special thank you, call out, and begging of forgiveness for changing the words, to Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins!
Mother Nature, Mother Nurture
This painting is part of my Oracle Series. Oracles were once sought out as a source of wisdom and advice. All of my paintings teach me something about life. I hope that they also show you something about yourself and your life.
We’ve all seen images of flowers and seedlings growing out of rocks. Life won’t be stopped. This tree appears ready to take flight.
Spring Retreat vs. Spring Break
Retreat for Renewal, for Rejoicing in our capabilities, for Stretching ourselves, for Personal Growth and Change; for a "System Upgrade".
What do Artists and Scientists Have in Common?
From S.T.E.M. to S.T.E.A.M! Yippee! The Arts are beginning to be added back into school Curriculum! What those of us in the fields of art have known all along, the rest of the country is beginning to realize. Hooray!
ART encourages imagination and imagination leads to increased creativity and increased creativity leads to innovation and innovation leads to new worlds previously unexplored!
One Person's Obvious is Another's Obscure
There is joy in feeling the heart-or-head-to-hand-to-creation connection coming through the bowls. These bowls are perfect to me, although they might be imperfect to the creator.
Handmade art has loads of qualities and character, and is always made by “imperfect humans”.
The more we’re able to put ourselves into our art, the better and better our art becomes, even when it’s “flawed”!
We love the perfect imperfections seen and felt in art that speaks to us.
Creating a Life that Matters
Glass ceilings, especially those that are self-imposed, are meant to be shattered, and we're just the ones to do it. Let's do this!
Paint FAST : Listen S-L-O-W-L-Y
My inspiration for Anuenue Ali`i Wahine came in a dream which I recorded in my journal (I like to use a purple pen in my journal).