This year’s word… Act

 “There’s a million things I haven’t done – but just you wait!” – Hamilton by Lin Manuel Miranda I have had a hard time thinking up my word to represent this year, it’s a challenge every year to find something that will drive me further in my art and as a person. Something that will…

Farewell 2012…

2012 was a year of overcoming challenges for me, my resolution this year was to identify opportunities and go after them. I am proud to say I did that! I made an opportunity out of almost everything and it paid off in many ways! Here are some of my favorite achievements for the year. I…

Disneyland

A Dream is a wish your heart makes…

There is a magic to disneyland. I first felt it as a child and every time I’ve visited since. the plaque at the gate reads “you are now leaving the world of today and entering the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy”. and it’s true, when you pass through that arch it feels as if…

Goodbye…

Yesterday we held Granny’s Interment. My Uncle is visiting from the US and it was really important that we all gathered together to say goodbye. Yes it was two years ago, but she is finally home now. it was a joyous celebration of who she was and a chance for us to share stories and…

Resolutions and opportunities

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to new years resolutions, why we create them and what they do to us. Last year I had several blog posts worth. Did I achieve them all? No, sometimes because the scope was too huge, and sometimes because as the year went on they lost relevance or new…

achieving my goals bit by bit…Online

I have the software, the knowledge, I just don’t have any excuses. my facebook page is going really strong, it could use some videos, some more images (must paint must paint) and a nice branded landing page. something to entice. that’s next weeks project. as far as redesigning my webpage goes, I’ve been using iweb with some haxies to create my page, and it’s good, it’s certainly easy and it doesn’t distract me with fun code to play with, but I need to step it up a bit.

2010 – my year in review

2010 has been a huge year for me in just so many ways! I decided to take much of the year off from chasing galleries, focusing on exhibiting and the hard slog of being an artist, and instead made my focus studio work, improving my art, and, of course, getting used to being a mommy!…