When I see things that interest me I need to know “how that was done.” So the first thing I do is study it and work it over in my brain to see what was used and how it was used and so on. This has been good for me but sometimes an impediment also.Continue reading “New kind of painting”

Hi All! I have just today added an art store to my blog! There, you can see some of the work I do and purchase some small works and maybe more, as time marches on. I currently have only one department, but be sure to check back soon for more updates! New things will beContinue reading “Art Store in Progress”

Having a free Monday is a treat for me. Most of the time Mondays are a big clean up or finish up of the weekend. Not that we throw thrash and things around but you know those last dribs and drabs that didn’t get done?With not too much to do around the house I gaveContinue reading “Cleaning Stencils”

Absents does not always make the heart grow fonder. I have not been back here for a very long time….again. I think it was August 2012. Little did I know that someone sent me a message and I did not see it. They wanted to feature my blog posting about my trip to Taos, NM. I wasContinue reading “Absents Make For Messes”

As I have said many times before, it’s been awhile.  You know how it goes. Minutes turn into hours; hours turn into days, and before you know it, it’s been months.   Sigh. The last time I wrote here, I had just come back from an intensive art study in Taos, NM. I was a bit frustratedContinue reading “Create For You”

On April 21st. a fellow artist and myself left for an intensive art seminar in Taos, NM.We were told to bring every little thing you might need for 8 days of creating. There are no art stores in Taos anymore. We filled a midsize SUV with our supplies, snacks, and cameras. Views in AZ We arrivedContinue reading “Trip to Taos, NM”

For the past two years I have traveled to Santa Barbara for an art workshop. I am taking the workshop again this year. I enjoy the presenter so much. He is Skip Lawrence. A great watercolorest plus he makes learning fun. Every morning before we start to paint he gives a lecture and slide show.Continue reading “Going to Santa Barbara”

Time seems to go so fast. It’s the middle of March but it was just December, right? I find that I can get myself into too many things so fast that I am drowning in papers, photos of my work, and business. I have to work very hard to keep on a schedule. It’s a habitContinue reading “"Make Writing a Happy Habit"”

As promised, photos of some of the papers that were created. The students said that they had a good time and now want to use the papers they created, in a project. So next Thursday which is our “Painting Day”, they will bring their papers and a sub straight to create a collage.  I amContinue reading “Post Class”

My hubby and I spent the day setting up for my new class, Collage Paper.Four people have signed up for the class and I am so excited to share all the ways to make papers for collage.We will be altering brown paper bags, newsprint, newspapers, card stock, tissue paper, Mulberry papers and National Graphic MagazineContinue reading “Collage Paper Class”

 Some friends/fellow artists kept asking me to teach a class. I wasn’t sure and was a bit worried. But I got over that and did it. After a failed attempt a few months ago in a different venue I decided to try to teach this class here at my home. The students made two framedContinue reading “Collage Class 2/16/12”

  After a wonderful vacation in Brookings, OR on the coast I was ready to get home. We were gone for 9 days. My husband and I drove. Well, I drove and he was co pilot.  We were with his family in OR. They had rented a big house on the beach and we allContinue reading “Vacation Backlash”

You know the way you pack a suite case when you are leaving on a trip? You make everything fit. But when you go to re pack your stuff to come home it’s hard to make it work. You didn’t even add anything and all your stuff just won’t fit. This is my story ofContinue reading “The After Christmas Decorations”

Friends love you no matter what. You can be away from them for a long time and when you get back together you pick up right where you left off. It’s been awhile since my friend Laura and I have got together.  Today I went to Laura’s place. I say place because she lives onContinue reading “A Day At Trails End Ranch”

After a day and night of creating I thought it would be good to take a break.Getting ready for an exhibit, show or art sale takes it’s toll on my brain and body. I still believe that art can heal and it does have restorative powers. I am living proof. Creating all day and intoContinue reading “Collaging Into the Night”

Updated some links and added some new ones that you all might like to check out. Would like your constructive criticism on my new format of the blog. 

Working with an a coach can get you going. They have fresh eyes. They listen, or they should, to your ideas, hopes and wondering how to put it all together. I have tried a few coaches. Some not so good. I think a coach needs to be patience. I know that one I worked withContinue reading “Infusing Art and Writing”

It’s been awhile. Things happen. Things change. Things get in the way.I have been going non stop with art this year. I have some good classes under my belt and some great times sharing art with friends. The classes have a side benefit. You meet new people or you reconnect with people you have metContinue reading “Getting Art Together”

I took a soldering class yesterday. I knew how to solder before but had not used my tools or created anything for about 2 years. Showed up at Garden of Beaden in Upland, CA with tools to create a decorated old bottle. Being the over zealot art freak that I am I decided to doContinue reading “Another Creative Class”

I just bought some new art books. Not too exciting for you maybe, but for me it was. One is titled “A Daily Creativity Journal 365 Make Something Every Day And Change Your Life”. The author gave himself a task of creation an original artwork every day for a year. He chose to make Skulls.Continue reading “New Art Books”

I can see that life can get too too busy. I get on the ball that is my life and keep rolling along as if something would happen to me if I just stepped off. I could. Don’t know why I don’t.I remember a time when I first had my skate board. In the 60’s.Continue reading

I did not want this birthday. I knew it would still come, but I thought that maybe I could stop it or head it off for a year or two I’d feel better. Deep down I knew it was coming and there was not a thing I could do. So I mourned. It is whatContinue reading “Birthday blues”

The benefits of hiding a key outside are many. You can be gone and know that the cleaning people will get in. You can be out to lunch and know that the contractor can let himself in and keep working on the house. AND the biggest benefit is when you get locked out you canContinue reading “Locked Out”

“Leave my loneliness unbroken!”~The RavenI was a big scardy cat when I was a kid. Many things would set me off. A fear would run through me and no amount of talking to myself could calm me down. Most of the time it was at night. The house was still, the parents turned off theContinue reading “Art and words”

The trip was a “long and winding road.” I will now be writing and continuing making art.The road that I’ve been on has included writing and art but the path took me many places.I will write. I am committed to Creative Infusion. It has been said before. And the commitment has been here before also.Continue reading “After A Long Trip”

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. — Robert F. Kennedy Hello Writers,Life happens as they say. Whoever “They” are. Things have kept me from my writing and art. It is hard to let things go because life gets too crazy or things, (again with the things) get in the way.SummerContinue reading “Making a Commitment”

Good morning writers. “Eighty percent of language lies to us.”–Deena Metzger I have a tendency to over extend myself.I over booked September and entered 4 art shows and signed up for two extra art classes. Plus all the usual stuff that goes with life. So I dropped one show and one class. Sometimes I getContinue reading “September 28 Prompt”

Happy writing to all Writers. “It is the first shower that wets.”–Italian ProverbI might have used that quote before but I thought it fitting after our rain. “When I use a word, it means what I choose it to mean–neithermore nor less.”This is a quiz. It is from something that Lewis Carroll wrote. Now weContinue reading “September 24 Prompt”

Good morning Writers. Heres to a great weekend and try to write every day. “I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else’s story, the delicious ache of the last page.”–Naomi Shihab Nye Have you all read and finished “Self Storage” by our Gayle Brandis? If you have and wantContinue reading “September 21 Prompt”

Good Afternoon,Hope all had a good weekend. We have a CWC meeting this Saturday the 22nd. Don’t forget to enter our contest. Deadline is Sept. 29th “Writing involves a commitment greater than illness.”–Bernard Malamud Our back door was always locked. It was in the kitchen and opened onto the screened in patio. The screen doorContinue reading “September 17 Prompt”

Hello Writers, “The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes, and hung them like bangles in my mind.”–Hortense Calisher, Extreme Magic My grandfather continued to do some work after he retired. He had been a carpenter by trade and when remodeling was done in downtown Chino the contractors called him for the “fine”Continue reading “September 14 Prompt”

Good evening Writers. Hope everyone had a good weekend. I took a little drive to Idyllwild. I haven’t been in the town before. It was so pretty. Beautiful weather! I felt inspired as I walked the town and through the galleries. I had lunch at a cafe with very good food. “Oh for the wonderContinue reading “September 12 Prompt”