squam

do you see it? do you see the godlight shining down on a little piece of heaven on earth? rockywolddeephaven camp in holderness, new hampshire. this is where artists were called to meet so that they could play, and laugh, and make new friends, and eat a lot, and maybe open up their souls to whatever was calling them. like the loon calling for it's love on that big beautiful lake....
okaaayyy...i was on a roll there, but it just got too corny (and i can use the word corny because i just came back from camp). i mean, i absolutely loved waking up to the sound of loons calling and the water lapping on the shore right outside my window. but i also woke up each morning and tried to figure out how i could get a shower, put make up on ( i know...why?), and get dressed without freezing my ass off. all without coffee.

squam really gave me so much, maybe so much that it's taken two weeks and i am still contemplating all that its meant to me. but i think that must be a good thing. i really needed to be there and witness the energy of so many women (and a few men) who were on fire for their artistic passion. it was crazy good in that sense. i found myself quiet a lot of the time, and i just had to soak it in and i couldn't process it all. there is much still lingering in my heart - the women i made friends with, the teachers who gave so well, and the unquenchable need to create.

thanks squam, and elizabeth, and girl friends, and loons on the lake...xoxo

well, it's about time

and i cannot believe the time that has passed. i never intended to drop off the face of my blog...i just got so busy with the details of life. we moved into a new home, which meant fixing up and selling the one we'd lived in for 16 years. so many memories...such sweet memories of raising g. there.
but it was time to move forward.
finally, the new place is starting to feel like home.
the rooms are painted.
...the studio is still not unpacked.

the new house had sapped all of my creative juices. except for a painting that was commissioned by a friend, i hadn't touched a tube of paint in months. this big guy was started back in march, but finally made it's way to a new home recently.


but then there was squam. i just returned home from this artist retreat in new hampshire (and an extended trip through vermont). i'm really still trying to process all that the retreat was...how it affected me, and what it all means now. what next? as i sort through this...more to come. but i am ready to unpack the studio.

Happy Mother's Day

What a blessed role it is to be a mother, what a cherished gift to have one....
I love you MOM!

looking for an answer

i have not made time at my table, with my paints
listening to music as my hands move to create
why do i let other things get in the way, take up my time
why don't i answer the call of my heart
when it is all i want to do?

i am open to possibility

i am waiting for the new...
looking for spring
to begin again
in me


my days have been filled to the brim with work...the kind that gives one form of sustenance. the other waits patiently...my brushes and paints sit there on the table like forgotten friends. in this day, we cannot shun the business of work...busy is good! but i am happy to have a little something to share on this wednesday "show and tell". i started this piece a few months ago...and it was all i could get to this week to finish and present.
here in the south we are starting to feel the whispers of spring on the horizon.
on the verge of something new, all things beginning again.
fresh
hope
possibility

one photo + one word

history

life...

...isn't this journey amazing...i am in between a place of wonder and transcendence. whispers of something so much bigger than this world, this place we fill. this week i've had such sweet connections with old friends, loved ones of a special someone that i am missing, but who i know is very near. my heart is so full, even with sorrow their is a measure of joy.
my cup runneth over.
i have continued with my art journal pages and can't believe we are at the end of the 31 days. Just one more page to do today. i am determined to continue on this path, and i think i am ready to pull out my canvases and heavy papers and translate this work into a more permanent status.
i am hooked on the journal pages though, so i will continue that as well - and many of us who have been on this 31 days of art journaling, are going to continue with a wednesday show and tell. fun!
the first image shown above is from the 30th day of journaling, and below is the page from the 29th.


and last but not least...those turquoise-sprinkled cupcakes i made for my book group. misty was the inspiration for these, and they were a smash! i even made enough to send a few to my son by way of his dad who is traveling to gregory's game today. go lmc!