This has been an eventful year of the rollercoaster of life, but the older I get the more I appreciate those I love and what brings me joy like painting. If you don’t have a passion, work to find what you love to do, brings joy and what you can’t wait to do‼️. Life is too short to waste.
Have a healthy and joyous Christmas and a fabulous 2024
Where did this winter go? I think we all have shrugged off our Covid slump as much as possible, but forever we have been changed. Go out and enjoy the sun, eat out, visit with beloved family and friends, love yourself and surround yourself with joy. Message for this author and painter too! I have a wonderful very large commission that I have been blessed to work on, so not much else here to see for the moment but coming soon. Stay with me please and enjoy all that spring has to say for its self!
I cannot believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner and the cold has come roaring in. This year we have lots of worries but we need to appreciate what is good in our lives . I wake up every morning and say thank you for another day.
With great excitement, I am visiting a friend regarding a large commission, my painting has taken a step forward and I remain committed to getting better. Yes, I am going to be Grandma Moses …… hurrah‼️ Happy Fall you’all.
As a send off to summer, Labor Day is here! It is mild and drizzle here so the flowers and hummingbirds are enjoying. The hummers are so busy feasting at our feeders and such a delight to see them so busy chasing each other that they hardly have time to drink. Soon their long journey for the winter begins so they are filling the tanks.
I hope that everyone has a joy in their life that fills up the tank. It is tough out there but remember kindness wins. Fill your tank with that!
And I will keep painting❤️
Turning off the news is the only way to stay positive and hopeful. The news will take anyone to their knees with such horrors around us but on our knees is where hope springs anew! We are surrounded by many more good than sick evil people. Listen closely for that news as it us not as sensational but it does patch the hurting heart. Without positivity it is hard to accomplish much under a wet blanket of dispirit. I have been slow to paint but have decided to paint only what brings me joy and that is flowers, vases and vases of flowers. The first of which is coming soon. Keep your spirit up, praise your God and keep on keeping on‼️
I think if I hear the C word one more time, I am going to my room and shut the door! Time for a reset of mind and body. Getting back to the gym, trying to eat better for my arthritis if nothing else, and turning off the news will help. So many of us have had joy stolen from us and I am taking mine back. How about you?
I sold so much of my work at Christmas that I must get busy. God has been so good to me In this aspect and I am forever grateful! Thank you to my collectors. You are such a part of my joy‼️
I cannot believe that another year has rocketed by! Bumps, bruises and sometimes black and blue but also joy, flowers, family and my God to balance it all. Whew, life can be hard work. Looking so forward to a happy , healthy and peaceful new year.
I plan to paint, paint, paint but first to The Keys for a couple of weeks of sun and surf. That should cure all that ails me. I have had a wonderful year of art sales and I am so blessed to do something I love .Thank you so much to all my collectors. I love all of you ‼️
So far, we are having a wonderful, not too hot and muggy June. I am beginning to feel better with my drug aids for the control of my RA so no excuses for me not to paint! I don’t know why I procrastinate but starting a new painting in that blank very white canvas is so darn hard. Painting for me is so like giving birth and it often leaves me depleted,pleased but tired. I wish it came more naturally, but alas, it does not. I have so many ideas to paint so indeed I need to get busy. Happy summer to all. Enjoy your health, your freedoms and your families. They are all that are important ❤️
It has been a long and painful couple of months for me and I have struggled getting anything done. Looks like I have awakened a sleeping demon in my body called RA. Lots of bone crushing mobile pain shooting here, there and everywhere. Hard to paint but struggling along. Steroids are helping and maybe the beast will quiet soon.
Good news is we are having a wonderful spring and everything around us is singing with joy. I need to stop and listen.
I had two paintings selected for the Acworth Arts Alliance show called Experience vs Emerging. It was such an honor and one sold before the show opened. That made me whoop with happiness. Life is good even with boulders thrown in the path.
I look forward to unmasking and seeing everyone’s smiling faces‼️
Trying to focus long enough to apply for a few art shows has tested my patience to its final thread. When did I become so full of stress. Never thought the simplest tasks would bring me to my wits end. I am taking a breath and now I know what it is‼️ Cropping my photos of paintings for submission or REJECTION for these gallery shows has brought out my self doubt…. I am not good enough, setting myself up for being hurt that my work is below par. I need to keep going and be brave. It IS a brave new world so I am going back to work on this. I will keep you posted how I did🤞
Thinking about God’s sharing of his beauty today. We have just returned from an extended stay where we were blessed to see the ocean every day. A great peace enveloped us and it was deliciously restful. Regretting packing up and leaving loved ones and all that beauty was tough but we arrived home to a warm sunny day and our winter blooming cherry trees in full bloom. God was spreading his wealth.
Now, what is around the next corner? Spring will arrive in a few days along with warmer days, more Covid vaccinations will protect more and more people, and daily life will begin to awaken with less fear! Remember to go outside and smell the air, watch for changes of spring, pray a thank you to your God. I will do just that. Don’t be fearful of what is around your corner‼️
Election woes all around……. can’t stand anymore so out to the garden where fall beauty is all around me.
Many things are crisp and tired and dry as they look towards winter to rest but ahh there is beauty at its most breathtaking still performing! I think I will do a series of paintings called Intimate Dahlias.
I have been up then down, sad and then ok but seems like every day since Corona Virus it has been a roller coaster ride. The constant reminder is wearing a mask every day and not seeing people’s expressions….smiles I miss the most! In March I finally had the opportunity to have a “wall” of paintings to display in a beautiful Marietta gallery and then “The Lockdown “. No show, locked doors to all. My chance had to wait for another day.
i have a wonderful commission painting that I now dub the Corona painting. Took 6 weeks to be able to get the large canvas, weeks of the painting being held hostage at my art class closed down , another few weeks where we were quarantined and tested, but after months it is finally finished! That is the best news.
My family remains well and busy moving with caution in this new world as I hope you are! I must remind myself to look for the beauty around me and there is plenty of that as the leaves begin to turn their beautiful fall colors. Cheers to fall‼️
It is a beautiful summer day here in Georgia. Very warm but the humidity is low instead of needing a knife to cut through the moisture. The healing power of nature is a real thing. It brings me back to my God and to what he has made all around us that is so wonderful it blows the mind. Time to turn off the noise that surrounds us, take a deep breath and breathe. I have forgotten how to breath. I am holding my breath from anxiousness all the time. I keep telling myself to just breathe . You do the same. It IS a beautiful world‼️
What a question for this time of Covid. I think we all just need to remember that we have a working brain that can and does make decisions for ourselves. Choose wisely and all will be well.
It has been weeks inside the house and in my own yard, missing my grandson’s graduation from high school, my granddaughter’s 16th birthday, my art classes and my friends but I cannot complain as I have many comforts and so many people are struggling to just survive. I pray for them all. I have loved the resilency of the American people pivoting in so many directions using their creativity to the utmost. We will come out of this hopefully better and wiser.
Now to Spring that surrounds me everywhere. God is out there and he sends his love with beauty !
Rain can come another day as this human is lacking in vitamin D. How about you?. The gloom has taken a bit of spirit out of me so I am trying to inventory some of my art and finally signing and finishing sides of about 14 paintings. Photos need to be edited and calaloged…. tedious work for me but much needed! Today a hint of Spring was in the air and it was the first day in weeks I spent a good part of the day outside. Ahhhh, good things to come! Now to try and get a few paintings up and running🙏🏼
Today my ginko tree was showering golden leaves that looked like gold rain drops and they covered the ground and straw in a carpet of glorious color. I backed my car up in the middle of the road to take photos of it. Of course the photos do not do the scene justice it will at least give you an idea of what I saw.
Happy Halloween to all on this rainy getting colder day the 31st of October. I have been busy painting but slow on posting and adding better photos of my work. It is not the easiest to market ones self on line… I would prefer for everyone to just see my work by osmosis but that won’t happen despite my desire. I make a promise today to get busy!!!! Hope to post a couple of new additions to the gallery this coming week.