Joyful Purpose

Happy Birthday Art

I am heading back east this week for my father's SURPRISE 70th birthday ( he does not know I am coming ;) so there will be two surprises.  I made this piece using his baby picture to be blown up poster size for his party  - cuteness of it ;)

 birthday gifts

Christmas Journal Page

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ....

Pretty Much EVERYWHERE you look at my house ....

 

 

 

 

Let Me See ... a new journal

I worked on a new journal today - pre thanksgiving movie (a family tradition) we saw "THE BLIND SIDE" so good and so moving and then dinner out at Duke's restaurant. 

Anyway I digress ...

 

I started by making laser copies of my artwork which I then cut up for borders.

 

I made the journal using wassau paper that I painted with black gesso.  The inside pages are a combination of acrylic and fabric dye on water color paper.

 

Happy Thanksgiving - Hope yours is filled with COLOR!

 

Animal Spirit Guides Online Workshop

Here are some more details about the upcoming Online Class ...
This class is based on my article "Heeding the Call" in Somerset Studio issue May/June 2009

 Lessons will include ~
step by step videos
painting background pages
finding images online
taking and altering photos using iphoto and photoshop
pen, pencil, paint and pastel techniques
journal prompts and intention setting
journal construction

self portrait work

resources for materials, photos, actions, and poems

* Once your payment is received you will receive a confirmation that will allow you to log in to a private class blog*

 

Animal Spirit Guides Workshop

click here for details

 

A treasure box

Judi gifted me with this great little box the other day - its original use was to hold slides.  I decided to turn it into a journaling box - voila

and yes if you take out the tall guys in the back it does close ;)

I love coffee cups!

Here are some of my favorite ....  I am very picky about the way they feel in my hand and how hot they keep the coffee and tea.  These are all original ceramic artist pieces - no doubt - always on the lookout for new and interesting ones.

Studio Spruce Up

I got a bee in my bonnet this evening and decided to spruce up the studio.  Maybe it was because I spent the day with Judi yesterday who is the queen of organizing and beautifying her studio or maybe because I am joining her bright and early tomorrow morning to go on the Arroyo Arts Collective Studio tour.  Whatever the reason it feels good that it happened ;)

 

 

 

 

New Christmas Journal

New Christmas Journal a la Teesha's influence ;)

New Painting ~ St. Francis

My mom wanted a painting based on this sculpture she got in Mexico of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Here is the progression

 

sketch and lay down color blocks

 

start adding details and write St. Francis prayer on background.

 

                                                     St. Francis 24x36

add finish details and pan pastel to background

I hope she likes it

Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.