The encaustic medium is magical, vibrant and translucent.  My creative muse guides, inspires and feeds my soul through this medium, mixed media and collage.  Blessing me with endless moments of creative joy and harmony...providing those ahhaa moments about life.  Join me on this creative journey, spend some time reading my musings about this life, the blessed other souls that come into contact with mine, however brief or often, that can leave everlasting imprints on our journey....perhaps our lives might share some similarities, bringing us closer and more connected...and less isolated.

"I suppose there is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul." ~ Edith Wharton

Here's to finding those expansive moments.....

Thursday, November 13, 2008

A recent commission


Here is a recent commission I completed for Debbie Danbrook, of Healing Music.  Debbie Danbrook is a performer and composer who is a Master of the Shakuhachi, an ancient Japanese bamboo flute.  Her music is delightful, meditative, soothing and great for creating to...Please visit her at her website - http://www.healingmusic.com/debbie/debbie-mainpage.htm

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

So Vast is the Nature of Spirit....

"So vast is the nature of Spirit that the energies which flow into it can never fill it, nor those which flow from it exhaust it." ~ Sue Patton Thoele.

This is a photo I took back in 1992 in North Thailand...The peaceful sculpture with the gold leaf vessel really resonated with me then, as much as it still does today.  The luscious tree with the vines growing up and down from the deep belly of the earth to the embracing skies...also fed my senses and my soul even back then...Trees have always signified  such vastness, connection and life...And the vessel we call soul or spirit also reminds me that no matter what comes with each day there is plenty of energy to find within...Energies that will sustain us, bring us joy, love, care, compassion and renewal.  Here is to comfort and renewal to all those that crave it...it is within us all...Our vessels are vast and infinite.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Remembering with Gratitude

This is a piece I completed last year around the same time of the year in memory of all those that gave of their lives to give to others...and today I share it again to show gratitude for the freedoms, joy and bountiful pleasures we experience today....Let's never forget.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Hope for you and I and all

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" ~ Emily Dickinson

What a glorious thing 'hope' is.... Today I choose to surround myself with hope and I am also sending it out to the universe as well.  Hope is always there for us to hold, embrace, believe in and cherish.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Questions are so many and Answers are so few...

I've no image to share today...but I have some thoughts..burning in my heart to be spoken....
What do you do when you are dealt a blow that came from left field...or did it...what do you do if that door is calling beckoning to embrace change but it is way TOO HARD...
The big 'A' says to embrace CONTRAST..that contrast builds us and guides us to the best...why then does it HURT so much...?  
Questions are so many, answers are so few....
Life and meaning of life and relationships, the emotions are all so raw, vital to our living...but so RAW all the same...
How do you get through to the other end when it feels like an ABYSS vs. a tunnel with even a peak of light shining at the other end....there is no light right now..only darkness...abyss and that feeling of being swallowed and breaking....Authentic living is so hard but so important to me.....


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Fall Workshops - Wonderful Teaching Moments











Here are some workshop photos, work of some fabulous creative artists...It has been a pleasure teaching so much this fall season...between the five week course programs and the one day workshops, I have been busy sharing the joy of the encaustic medium with other creative souls...and loving every moment of it.

A new 5 week program begins this Friday at my studio and a one day workshop this Sat.  

The altered books five week program too has been a great journey and I look forward to sharing more on that too in a future post.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Adventures of one Fortune Teller and Vampire

Come let me tell you your future.....


Inviting isn't it....

Wonder why she loves the 'theatre'....maybe there is a future here...following in the footsteps of her aunt Jennifer and Rhea...it is in the blood...
Hope you all had a fun and full halloween.