When I first started painting in 2011 I painted a lot of flowers...seriously, so, so, so many flowers. They continue to be my "go to" subject matter and always leave me uplifted. After painting a delightfully long series of abstracts I revisited the flowers I love so much.
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I'm currently reading The Overstory by Richard Powers. The theme of trees is beautifully woven throughout and has spilled into my art. It's a lovely book if anyone is looking for something to read.
"The Wisdom of Trees"
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When I was a kid I spent countless hours on the roof of our house. I'd climb up the loquat tree and make that shingled surface my kingdom. One of my favorite spots was behind the chimney where I could not be seen (or found) from below. I took all kinds of things up there...dolls, Hitchcock Mystery Magazines, umbrellas (to slow my descent when I jumped off of the roof), snacks, and friends on occasion. I was thinking of this special spot as I painted this.
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"Alone Together"
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"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the
beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature." -Joseph Campbell
"The Beat of the Universe"
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No matter where you are in your healing journey, know that you are whole.
"The day you will take a flight, to add a feather in your cap, the world will stand still, to behold your radiant light."
-Sukreeti Rekhaja
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"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
-Albert Camus
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"The universe operates through dynamic exchange...
giving and receiving are different aspects of the flow of energy in the universe."
-Deepak Chopra
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"Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward."
-Mark Nepo
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Be uniquely you. Stand out. Shine. Be Colorful."
-Amy Leigh Mercree
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"It is in the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the human spirit is fed."
-Art Wolfe
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I posted a photo of this piece, still all drippy and wet, and asked friends what they saw. My friend and amazing artist, Mindy Graber, wrote something that seemed just so right.
"Beautiful... makes me think of sitting on a dune at the ocean when a gust of wind swirls all the elements before my eyes, the moment before the calm returns."
With a little help from a hair dryer the piece was just dry enough for me to display at last weekend's Studio Tour.
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Life's journey takes us through the twists and the turns.
Also...just a reminder that David and I are part of the Austin Studio Tour this and the next weekend. Here's a link to the invitation with all of the details. Please stop by!
Parsons Creative - Austin Studio Tour
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Hey, lovlies...just a reminder that David and I are part of the Austin Studio Tour this coming and the next weekend. Here's a link to the invitation with all of the details. Please stop by!
Parsons Creative - Austin Studio Tour
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"The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms,
it has its tides, and in its depths it has its pearls, too."
-Vincent van Gogh
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"Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off."
-Franklin P. Jones
Taking note as both as a teacher and a learner.
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Last night my dad texted me wondering if I'd also like to have "eyes on the sky." Of course I did! I called him back and David and I went out in our front yard and through the gift of technology my dad, his wife, David, and I were all looking up at the same big sky marveling at planets.
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"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't."
-Thomas Edison
Pretty sure we've all just barely scratched the surface.
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"I'd be smiling and chatting away, and my mind would be floating around somewhere else, like a balloon with a broken string."
-Haruki Murakami
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"She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails."
-Elizabeth Edwards
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"If there is magic on this planet it is contained in water."
-Loren Eiseley
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"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire."
-Pamela Hansford Johnson
"The Water Caught Fire"
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"Waterfalls wouldn't sound so melodious if there were no rocks in their way."
-Rishabh Gautam
"Water and Stone"
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