No Rest For the Weary

The Limited Edition Sketchbook 2012 is complete!  The cover was put on, the box was stuffed (along with my daughter’s sketchbook), the package was addressed and today it was dropped at the post office. Whooohooo!  A tremendous sense of accomplishment was felt when that box left my hand.  I then went around the corner to a local burger joint.  Had myself a nice...

And In the End…

I wasn’t sure the day would come when I completed the final page in my Sketchbook Project 2012 Limited Edition from Art House Co-op.  I began the project in January and, as often is the case with any piece, I would experience spurts of inspiration that would lead to the creation of several pages at a time, and dry spells when nothing came to me at all.  The biggest...

My Fear, My Hope

 I can hardly believe that I am getting to the end of the 2012 Limited Edition Sketchbook project for Art House Co-op.  This week I completed pages 14 and 15.  I have the back and final page to complete as well as the cover.  Then, I will be able to fondly package this project up and mail it to NY. Just to remind you all, my theme for this sketchbook has been, “How...

Grouplove: Never Trust a Happy Song

I can’t get enough of this album or this American Indie rock band.  I have been playing the tracks for hours today as I’ve worked on the computer, on my sketchbook, on painting a frame…  Every song is like candy for my ears and my brain.  My body wants to bob and wiggle and dance.  The album art makes all my art senses tingle and the videos that...

New Beginnings

I’ve just recently began to keep a written journal again.  I used to keep one faithfully from the time I was 10 years old through college.  However, work, babies and life in general got in the way of carving out the time to just sit and reflect.  Then, a few years ago I chose to put my thoughts and feelings into my art rather than the written word.  My art journals...

Sometimes, She Just Can’t Help But Feel Dead Inside

 Occasionally, inspiration strikes me at the oddest times.  No, make that USUALLY inspiration strikes me at the oddest times.  Like, for instance, this mixed media piece.  Last week I was on my way home from an appointment.  It was a sunny day, but I was feeling a bit “blah,” if you know what I mean, and my mind was in that place where you know you’re...

Just Can’t Get Enough

Depeche Mode has been my favorite band since I was 14.  From the moment I heard “People Are People” I was hooked.  I was kind of late to the game, but I blame that on living in a small town in Indiana where our radio station that didn’t play oldies or country only played Top 40.  Nevertheless, my love of DM was fostered by my boyfriend my sophomore year...