I found this very beautiful painting of a Native American warhorse, the red, blue and white war paint dotted and circled the horses face. It’s mane braided with eagle feathers. Fierce. Brave. Warrior. And I wanted to paint one of my girls just like that. Fierce. Brave. Warrior. With paint on her face and feathers […]
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So you have probably seen on my insta and facebook feeds the words Discovering your Creative Squeak. I even have whole web pages dedicated to Discovering your Creative Squeak. I have talked about the workshops, the course content and the fun to be had, but I haven’t really talked about what ‘Creative Squeaks’ are! To
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Mermaids have always been a favourite of mine to paint. When I was little SPLASH with Darryl Hannah and Tom Hanks was my favourite movie. I cannot tell you how many times I watched that movie (but I could quote it line for line!) My sister and cousin would play ‘splash’ for hours in the
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Have you ever heard of a TOP FIVE to SURVIVE? Years ago I asked my very good friend if she had ever heard about this amazing concept that I had just read about. I explained to her that a TOP FIVE to SURVIVE was a list of five things that are essential to making daily life happier, healthier or
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There is nothing like trying to paint during the hottest part of the summer, but that is exactly what happened when I was painting this commission for my Cuz-in-law, a wee foxy for her baby fox! Like the other commission I had to do in Jan (see Izy and her Cat here) the paint dried before
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JUNE 2018 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT WINTER: MY UGH BOOTS, FIRE PITS, NO MORE SALADS, THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW, FLANNEL SHEETS. I’ve been thinking more about when I first started writing to y’all. In the beginning, I loved to sit down and share what was happening in my life. The struggles and successes of my creative journey,
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I have an unbelievable amount of new art work to share with you and although I really want to share with you some of the newer paintings that I have done and adore, I feel I should start from the beginning! Last year a friend approached me about painting a mixed media canvas for her
This poor neglected blog! This used to be my favourite place to hang out – to share my art and to lament my artistic endeavours. What worked, what failed, where my head was at, what was going on in our lives. And I think things changed with the birth of the wee beastie (or
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It has been so long since I have been in this space. So long since I have been inspired to really write anything. And I know that over the last few years I have changed a lot. Last year I found it difficult to actually voice my feelings. Last year it seemed to be about