I'm on Day 15 of #21daysinmyartworld (although at some point I got the days mixed up - go figure!) but today's prompt is "How I Title My Paintings." Is that interesting to people? Would you buy a painting if you liked the title but not the image? I have found that if I'm on the fence about [Read More]
Exodus
A special thank you to the Art Bar (MKE) for being such a wonderful supporter of artists. They sold some of my works at their annual holiday sale, and as my husby picked up the rest someone stopped him and bought this original on the way out to the car! This painting is titled "Exodus." [Read More]
Little Beaded Houses
Latest WIP. I've been getting involved with stitching the last few months, especially slow stitched art pieces and journals. With these, I combine paint, beads, paper, fabric, and of course, lace. (A constant in my art pieces 🤪) At night, I typically sketch in my art journal but lately I've been [Read More]
Reflecting Back on 2022
For years and years I did a yearly wrap up here, which was a way for me to reflect and take note on highlights (and maybe, lowlights) from the previous year. I did several of these and then hit 2020 and I wrote a final wrap up post titled, "Good Riddance, 2020." It was a challenging year for a lot [Read More]
Happy National Cupcake Day
Did you know that today is #NationalCupcakeDay ? 🧁 I couldn't let the day pass without mentioning my new family card game. I am an artist, baker, and geek, and you know when you combine those you are going to get something like Cupcake Commotion! We had a blast test-playing this game for [Read More]
Viva Magenta
The new Pantone Color of the Year is Viva Magenta, which I am delighted about! I've been painting with this influence for years because of it's vibrancy and warmth. Pantone says the color is "expressive of a new signal of strength" and that they drew "inspiration from nature and what is real" to [Read More]
Remembering Putting on the New
It's been four years since I lovingly said goodbye to my online magazine and blog, Putting on the New. This site, as some of you may remember, ran for over five years and hosted a variety of Christian women, all writing about their individual walk. The theme was centered around Ephesans 4:24, [Read More]
How About a Holiday Giveaway!
Update! Entries are now closed because we have a winner! As always I used random.org to pull the winner's number from the comments. I always try to do something fun around the holidays, and this time I've got a giveaway especially for my newsletter subscribers! This fun handbag [Read More]
Lovingly Handling Those That Hurt You
Before I was a full-time artist I was a writer for places like the NYTimes and NBC. Did you know that? It was a blessing I didn't appreciate at the time. 😂 (Like most of my blessings!) One of the things I wrote about was relationships, including a five-year stint writing about friendship. That I [Read More]
This I Believe Podcast Popularity
It is amazing what God has done with my "This I Believe" essay. Today I came across a podcast listing, where my recorded essay is listed as the 3rd most popular on This I Believe, which is incredible given the amount of celebrities on the site! Mine is just ahead of John McCain's. (What! 😳) This [Read More]