When autumn shows her cresting beauty, my eyes never cease to be amazed. I don't just see color, I see how each leaf is designed right down to it's veins. The trees have been in a lot of my paintings this year along with horses and water. My analysis is one of strength and clarity. Trees are strong and sturdy ( except  the part that fell and hit me in the head  a couple months ago. ) Horses are strong animals and have a lot of graceful beauty not only in appearance but in movement. Water well that usually means a time of cleansing and a natural use of energy that moves the soul and creativity.
      November has become a very busy month by surprise. My art is on exhibit and for sale in three locations in two states. On Monday November the 14th, I had received notification that one of my works was accepted into another National Show I was surprised when I won a First Place Blue Ribbon this past Tuesday Night for the art of recycling competition, it was just fun creating the pieces and sharing them with the world.
      But the funniest thing that has happened to me this month is... What does an artist do when locked in the most unwanted place ... she gets creative   .... it goes a little like this....Knock Knock who's there?.....OK I will share a very big laugh this morning... While at Ingles grocery store yesterday afternoon, I went to ladies room, used the stall closest to door, as I tried to exit my throne room...the door would not unlock... I was stuck in the stall, ... I began to laugh and say oh no this is not happening.. talking to myself I am having this conversation saying over again " do you believe this crap " now who will hear me in here ... how often does someone come in here?.. ok look at bottom of door... oh no you don't your big butt is not getting on the floor and trying to squeeze outa here .. I looked at the top and said " your too short , don't even think about it "... then I said to myself... wait I have a cell phone, I can call the Mr and have him get the manager to get me out... I called and about that time the door unlocked and let me free... That was pretty weird but one time I can say thank goodness for a cell phone... LOL.. the laugh was on me.
Have a Great Thanksgiving or whatever the holiday may be to you.

Wow... it has been quite a journey to get to the point of opening day of the Solo Exhibit. The Space Between.
Perhaps now everyone can relate to that part of the title for the show... The Space Between.... hmmm think about it... from the moment of building a new body of work for this exhibit and making sure I had more then enough works to display, I worked on many more then will have ever been seen in the show. I would make a few pieces and buyers would take them before I could say wait... but that is alright as i did not mind. I just created more works. Because i love so many styles, I just created what was in my heart that day, or as I played with paints it helped me to see what colors to use that day.  The Space Between is a part of how I think... I allow moments of nothingness and stillness to be able to clear the thought process from other works that may be progress.The show has been a success thus far and my visitors will never know how much I truly appreciate their support. Three great people below... Coela, Marilyn and Andrew. Second picture    Jerry Hagaman, Emily, Gisela, Sandy and others I cannot see their faces, Andrew.... just a few before we really got started.

                                                                                                                                                  

     Of course I would rather be creating then doing the website, but I have also come to understand I have to work on the site as well... or it will never get done. I have waited on other designers forever to work on my sites, and come to the conclusion I have to do it myself.

      Now I have fallen to my own nasty habit of not working on the site. So I have made up my mind to try and work on entering more items to the pages so you won't get bored. I am getting ready for a very big exhibit roughly about 50 pieces or a few more. These works have been in creative motion since September of 2010 and are  all new, unseen by the public.
      My biggest set back since beginning all the new works for the exhibit is people have been buying a lot of them before I could get then framed and wrapped. I am definitely not complaining. Selling my works make me extremely happy, not just because they sold but they found their rightful home, a place they will enjoy hanging for the rest of their duration of being together with someone who will cherish them forever.
      Yes I talk as if my paintings are alive... aren't they? That is why people are drawn to art because there is something about the work that spoke to them. When I create the works, they speak to me, it may be a color or a shape or perhaps a unique twist to something I would have never thought about painting. I create what I can see in the background, there is no preconceived idea about what I will paint only that something will reach out and touch the brush to put into a visual form that will touch the soul of others. You can share my journey as it travels on by being patient as I get this site up and going.... but mostly Thank You for wanting to see what my works are about and being kind enough to return.

Just wanted to share a dance with the universe today, with everyone who enters into my world and journey. As you read this update you may wonder what it has to do with Art. Feeling so honored to have a teacher from my days of Youth reconnect with my world. As young people there are things some take for granted and perhaps never realize how important they are as individuals to the world of Life.

Teachers have a unique job, they give their lives to the instruction of the young souls they can hope to imprint with social readiness and wisdom. All too often they are forgotten. But not in my world. People in my life's journey are all remembered. I may not always remember a name, but I NEVER forget a voice or a face. ( photographic memory is a good thing ).

I my world is a place for each person who influenced me the most. Whether it be a kind gesture, a compliment or the realization that someone really cares about a persons life and where it goes.

I asked a classmate from way back when how they could remember me if they barely ever spoke to me. He simply said he respected me because I was not like the rest of the girls. I had to chuckle in what he meant. He said I was cheerful, and kind, and happy, and unique. My teacher seemingly said something similar.

You see these are two examples of people I admire, not for their words to me, but because they are real... and took their lives on a positive journey. They are a part of my life's canvas and are what my journey is about. Positive energy!!

The sad thing is that a lot of people who touch our lives in this time that we build memories, if we do not share with them the things that we appreciated, they may never know if they reached their goal. To simply express ones gratitude or simple thanks to those who touched our souls and lives can make a difference. I always want them to know THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE !!

You see my art would have no breath if I didn't have anything to apply to my canvas, it is the bits and pieces of my being and imprinting that brought me to where I am today with my art and the great souls who honored me with a chance to include them in my journey of Life.

This is a picture of me at 15 with my painting encouraged by positive energy of those WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE.

I believe if I touched one soul, I completed my purpose.

      I don't know where all of last year went. I am so grateful for all the new experiences and connections that were made in my artistic world from 2010 and overflow into 2011. I have been very blessed with excited and hungry customers. In part somethings it is because of the framing and the knowing that people compete to collect certain works from me. I may never have the chance to post some of my most unique pieces because they want them faster then I can finish them. I have to laugh as it sparks my soul to see the anticipation in the customers eyes on who will get to see the finished piece first and then who gets out the door with it first.
        I don't really understand what all their hype is about sometimes but then again maybe I don't want to.
I say that with a chuckle and a grin ).  I create because that is a part of who I am the art becomes the extensions of my soul and  therefore everyone gets to see little bits and pieces of who I am within.  When I am gifting a work of art I paint as if I were the person who would receive it.  Even if I really don't know them it's like the Universe conveys the story of what makes the recipients soul happy. I may be whacko and that is alright too. For in the creative process of living life aren't we all a little whacko....?