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my inspiration art deck
I have been a bit distracted lately. I have 50 things started, but nothing is finished.
So last week, I just gave in.
I gave into my distraction. I ignored all the work I was supposed to do and I made 52 little pieces of original art from a deck of cards.
I cut up old business cards (reuse, reuse, reuse!) with pictures of my work and made them part of a gallery wall with little signs that said things like "artist at peace" or "artist at rest". This was my very first design I ever sold as an... Read more →
outside my studio
This past week, I re-arranged my workspace inside my studio so that I have more places to work on more projects and commissions. More places to create.
But the inside of my studio is just part of my space. I am so inspired when I am here, not just by all the paint and supplies within my reach but also by the farm that surrounds me.
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why I recycle in my art
Have you ever thought so hard and so deeply that your head hurt a bit?
That is what I have been doing everyday for the past two weeks. I have turned my attention inward and have been thinking about "why" I do what I do. I know that I "make joyful art from reclaimed materials".
I do this happily.
I do this almost everyday.
This tag line is on my business cards, my website, and every social media site I am engaged in.
It took months to come up with that simple little line that d... Read more →
ready for the new year...
This is where my new year began.
After what seemed to be a few hours of sleep, my daughter and I boarded an early morning plane New Year's Day with her dance troop (about 30 dancers in all, their moms and Read more →
studio journal
This past week, during a moment of calm, I paged through a journal that I keep in my studio. I loved turning the pages and seeing a year unfold before me.
I purchased this handmade art book at an outdoor market with my daughter in High Falls, New York. We had an art getaway weekend, just the two of us the spring before last. We stumbled upon an outdoor market in the middle of town on a Sunday morning and an artist selling tiny handmade books.
