Painting to Enhance the Light
I paint the negative spaces to enhance the positive. Even when I'm focused on the positive imagery, I'm aware of the impact the negative spaces have on the positive.
They Came to Me in a Dream
The story of how I came to create a 3-D pyramid painting of the BlockHeads. Read on to find out why I have six eyes and if you do too!
Painting Playfully
Curiosity is the Carrot of Inspiration — allow it to draw you into your painting to find out what it has to share with you.
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).
Transformation Takes Time
I woke up at 3AM with this message in mind: Transformation Takes Time. I got out of bed to write it down and wrote the following: Shouldn’t I be further along in my career?
Shining Brightly
Imagine a beautiful, colorful stained-glass window, 30’ long. Now imagine a stone has broken one of the panes.
Rev. Margaret Stortz recently wrote an essay on this subject and noted that even though the broken pane was small, and not brightly colored, its shattering was deeply felt by all who saw it.
So too when one of us dies (transitions, passes, choose your verb), those of us left behind feel the loss deeply.
The Beauty of Found Objects
Today is a day of finding incredible beauty. Keanu found a dead monarch butterfly in the garage; I brought it with me to the studio this morning so I can enjoy its form.
On my way to the studio, I found some fallen banana flower petals and knelt down to pick them up. You guessed it; I brought them along to the studio with me.
Attitude Follows Action
Often we think that if we "felt better”, or if we "felt like painting", that our painting time would be more fun, or more interesting, or our painting “turn out" better.
Actually, we will feel better about painting (and the resulting painting) after we paint!
“Get in, Get Out, Step Back, Repeat…”
I took just one painting class in college — oil painting. I loved it, but had more fun working in clay, and spent many semesters up to my elbows in “mud.”
Years after graduating, when I decided to paint again, I dug out my old oils. They still held magic.
Broadcasting Happiness
Have you ever felt as though “negative” vibes surround you?
Do you wonder why all the news you hear is “bad”? Why even call it news, why not call it “only bad news”, which is what it seems to be.
It isn’t always easy to stay positive in a world that seems to celebrate the negative. But that’s “the work.”