celebrating the positives

as an artist and as a person i have had my spells of low self esteem...especially in the last 7 years....and i am working daily to rebuild that part of my soul...today i got the nicest email from a dear friend...i can't say how much this meant to me...i so rarely ehar compliment aboout my artwork that when i do, it takes me aback, and i want to live on it as long as i can so that i can make it through those lows that will eventually come again...Thank you dear friend for your kind words...and for thinking of me...And for being touched by my artwork...that is the biggest compliment...

Finding inspiration

I got through spells, as i suspect other artists do, where i just can't think of a thing to do, make, draw, paint, or a reason why....So, recently, well in the last six months...i have been grabbing my camera and looking for inspiration....i find that the things that are affecting me the most are things with a lot of repetition, and pattern, ......it is odd...but that is where i am right now....and then of course, there are the trees...i amnot sure why i have been so drawn to them in the last few years....but the phrase "roots and wings" keep popping in my head everytime i look upon a tree that i fall in love with....

my little inspiration

Supplies packed for trip

I spent the last week at my parent's farm. The farm I grew up on. Back then it was a cattle farm..ranch of sorts. Now it is a tree farm. The picture is of the extra large suitcase i had to buy last summer when kiddo and i went to boise to see my best friend. This time is is full to the brim with art supplies. I decided it would be easier to fill onlarge suitcae than to carry several small should bags like i usually do. I try to carry a bag of art supplies every time i go some place. Whether or not i actually end up using them is anther thing. But I try. I have had some success in working in my art journals. I have finished two portraits, 3 pictures of boats, and soem other watercolours of trees i hav had for a while now. Oh! and a seashell....i plan to ad mor epics fairl soon, but my parent's computer is land-line slow and it too 15 minutes just to upload this baby. So I will have to wait until i get home or get someplace with a faster connection or wi-fi....