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Inspiration and art

My drive to "make art" has been fallow lately. Life events get in the way sometimes, and I've been focused on other things. Now I am finally feeling the quiet nudges of new creative urges. My husband and I recently visited our vacation home in Oroville, CA with a friend who was visiting from Canada. As we took her to different "sites" and spent time in nature, I was inspired by her picture taking, documenting what she was seeing around her.
Watching her delight in capturing these new surroundings, inspired me to see things in a new way -- as possible take off points for a new series of abstract paintings. Snapping away like a "tourist" gave me the freedom to resist self-editing and also focus in on details and patterns. I realized that I usually try to capture a very large scene when I shoot, so this time tried to zoom in on the patterns and shapes the natural world provides. Now I need to get into the studio and start some work!

Loss and Grief

Just checked back on this after quite some time, and found the past post... didn't even remember it. I lost my mother on November 6, 2010 and tonight I'm going to my drawing group for the first time since that date. Ironic, that I would find myself here at this blog.

The things we do just because we love them are the things that heal us.

Getting back to what matters

Just realized this blog is still up and running, even though I've abandoned it for quite some time. Lost my little buddy Boo, and now it seems I am slowly losing my Mother... she seems to be fading away despite all the care and concern she's receiving from various quarters.
That, work and other things have consumed me in the past few months, but just the other night I returned to the life drawing group at Alameda Artworks.

Peace.

When I draw from life, I focus. And while I focus, I can forgot everything else. Bliss.

Losing a furry muse...

We lost our dear Boo Bear this weekend... in the end she was a shadow of this former plump self. Boo "lived" in my home office, keeping me company during many years of self-employment -- always there to listen and if needed, be gathered up in a hug.

I will miss her very much...