Wow! Been busy with family responsibilities, working on Larry’s childhood home, STILL trying to move all our belongings in and unpacking boxes… then I realize it’s been over TWO months since I’ve blogged. Bad Susie. I’m still around. Just preoccupied. … Continue reading
April is turning out to be a creative month for me, and I’m loving it! I joined a 30 day challenge for the month – the Creative Sprint. You can follow along on social media by looking up the hashtag … Continue reading
Life has thrown us another curve, and I’ve had to put my Etsy shops in vacation mode for a while. My 85 year old mother-in-law fell last Friday (January 23) and she broke her hip. She had surgery on Sunday and, unfortunately, it led to several complications to her already bad health. I’m spending my days with my husband Lawrence at the hospital.
Any positive vibes you can send would be greatly appreciated.
‘Til next time…
View from my mother-in-law’s window the morning of her surgery…
Keeping busy in the waiting room while she undergoes hip surgery…
She made it through surgery…
My Monday post in Instagram & my Facebook business page…
Caught the sunset through the ICU stairwell window…
Lawrence and I stumbled upon a beautiful little serenity/meditation room on the ICU floor…
Yesterday I placed both my Etsy shops on ‘vacation mode’…
Today: new room = new view…
if you’ve read my previous posts, you know I took part in a ’30 paintings in 30 days’ challenge in the artists’ group HeARTspace on Facebook (created by artist Jeanne Bessette). the challenge ended yesterday and I’m proud to say I completed the whole challenge!
I won’t lie – sometimes I didn’t post one photo each day. with both my mom feeling under the weather (again), then my mother in law being hospitalized (again), my mind was often occupied with other things and I couldn’t get myself to finish artwork in front of me. but I played catch up, staying up late when needed. one day I posted four (or five?) paintings all in the same day in order to catch up!
here are all 30 pieces. I still consider a couple of them to be unfinished, but the purpose of this challenge was (I think) to dig deep into our creative selves, paint consistently and purposefully, and see what we learn about ourselves in the process.
I’m still marinading over what I learned about myself, my work, and where I want to go with it. (another blog post for sure!)…in the meantime, here are group shots of all the pieces. Look for much better individual photos to come, as well as most of these new pieces being available for purchase! 😉
’til next time…
paintings 1-15 of 30 paintings in 30 days challenge…
paintings 16-30 of 30 paintings in 30 days challenge
I’m happy to say that I’m still going strong with HeARTspace’s 30 paintings in 30 days challenge! Here’s what I’ve been up to…
Day 5: “For Patty”, mixed media on 7″ X 9″ hardboard.
Day 6: “Unknown”, mixed media on 8″ X 10″ canvas board.
Day 7: “It Never Stops”, acrylic paints on 5 1/2″ X 7″ canvas.
Day 8: “Dream”, mixed media on 11″ X 14″ canvas.
Day 9: “Still Together”, mixed media on 5″ X 7″ wood plaque.
Day 10: “Two”, mixed media on 6″ X 9″ canvas.
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