A NEW HAIRDO FOR ME

Okay, still really busy, but snuck away from orders to update the art on this blog. I have to rearrange the furniture now and then, try to keep my surroundings fresh.. I have wanted to change this art heading for awhile now, so I did it. I like it. It's me immersed in my art. Wearing my art. Seeing the world through my art. My ART is ME.

and just so you know, I really really wish my hair looked exactly like that.

have a wonderful day...

INSANITY

The best of intentions, sometimes, just get swept away in a river of craziness. Days fly by, and then you are standing there looking at the calendar and amazed at the date! Aug 1. wow.

Art has been patiently standing by for me. A few sketches in the evening when I am chillin' but really full on art time has just NOT been available to me. Life overtakes us sometimes. Weekends are maxed out, and the looming week ahead with all the hopes and expectations, fall through your fingers like fine sand.

When I don't have time to do my art, and the days fly by, I start to feel an empty hole starting to grow. I am going to try to catch up this weekend, then on Monday, back into my schedule of early morning art. Because I really, really, really need it.

ta

FLOWERS TO INSPIRE

If I can't live in Hawaii, then at least I can have these beautfiul hibiscus flowers growing by our front door. These are so gorgeous and big and the color is the exact color I want to paint our kitchen/breakfast nook when I get some time.

I have been really slammed with orders.. a huge blessing and I am swimming in gratitude.

But when I get this busy with orders, my side art takes a hit. The weekend was

busy too. Quick day visit to see mom, and then morning yard work and house cleaning which gobbled up the entire day. We had a wonderful rain Saturday night which was the perfect

time to get out to tackle some long over due weeding. So this morning, I am ready to launch into the week's work. And hopefully, some time to squeeze in some art too.

Sometimes, ART can be just admiring nature's miracle. Like the hibiscus flowers. Perhaps next winter when I am gloomin' about snow, cold and no green, I can pull out these pictures of these flowers and be inspired to paint them.

The laundry art has gone into the recycle bin. Yep, I chucked it. The background turned into

a nightmare. Too ambitious on my part on Yupo paper, which I will still experiment with.

Maybe paint some hibiscus flowers!

So the commission piece will take a new direction.

happy monday, ta