Has your inspiration for creating art run dry? At some point or another in your artistic life, you may have experienced one or more of these things: staring at your artist’s tools (in my case – paints, paper, canvases), but you just can’t “feeling the love.” you have NO any idea what to create and […]
New Photo Haiku
XOXOX Tip: Be on the look-out for “Happy Accidents”
XOXOX Tip: Get the inside right! A strategy for a messy mind
“You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.” Matthew 5:8, The Message (MSG) The Messy-Mind You want to paint. The canvases are primed. Your brushes are calling out to you. You sit down at your art table. You are ready…but your mind […]
“A Celebration of Violet”: Gaining Confidence in Your Own Artistic Process
Trust in yourself – trust in your voice – trust in your truth – and don’t let naysayers and absolutists define what your own artistic process and experience.
“Hatchlings: Emergence of New Life”
Presenting my “XOXOX” studio
People often ask “Where do you paint?” So…here’s some pics of my home studio. XOXOX art takes place in my kitchen – half my kitchen area has been transformed into my art studio. I experience an exciting thrill when I’m in my studio, staring at a blank canvas. I’m not an artist that often knows […]
“Rainbow Love Connection” December 2019
New art November & December 2019
“Your Land…Our Hands,” acrylic on canvas, 2019
Inspired by me conflicting feelings around the Thanksgiving myth we grew up with, and feeling solidarity with my African, Latinx and Native brothers and sisters. “Your Land…Our Hands” is a painting about boundaries. The land, the sky, the trees, and even the sun, are all encompassed by boundaries. Boundaries set, designed by the white imperialists […]