Happy Thankful Season!

Hope you can slow down and find something completely ridiculous to do with the ones you love!

Beach Trees

"Beach Trees" commissioned peice
24" sq. center panel with two 12"x24" side panels
acrylic and mixed media on wood
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     Ta-da! Finally put the finishing touches on this large commission. Included in the piece are references to things that are meaningful to the patron: the beach, Pittsburg, a favorite line from a song and names of close family members. Each side panel represents her two boys who will be able to take their painting with them when they leave home in the future. Each panel stands alone as well as being part of the whole - much like the roles we play as part of a family. 

woodland prayer of circles

There have been some things on my mind and in my heavy heart lately. 

Grief, lost trust, miscommunication and a general questioning of life and her meanings all went with me on a walk in the woods with my dog, Oliver.

I'm not sure I found any answers but I made a prayer from acorn caps - something my late big brother taught me how to make sing once upon a time - and left them there on a rock in the woods.

Peace 

Woodland prayer of circles

Where I find myself

"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again." - Joseph Campbell

After over five weeks of fighting pneumonia and now a bad head cold I have again found myself  with paint under my fingers and David Gray on the ipod. My classroom is once again turned into a studio for five days until classes resume...I am at peace. This back and forth moving my supplies from one side of the basement to the florescent-lit studio space is getting a bit old. I long for the disposable income to afford a separate space for my studio but I am grateful for having the ability to juggle my family and my job under the same roof. As  with head colds and making due with what we have in the moment, "this too shall pass".