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Happy winter!

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I mean, technically it’s been winter for a while now, but we still have a while to go.

Here where I live in southern New Jersey we’ve barely seen a snowflake, which makes my husband happy but makes me just a bit sad. There’s something lovely about the hush during and after the snowfall.

This year, I’ve chosen a word for the year for myself: It’s STRETCH, which reminds me to move around, and to move outside my comfort zone.

I recently created a mantra for myself as well, which is “I create time and space for my success.”

I’m about to embark on making myself a new collage piece with one or both of those things on them, just as I did back in 2019, when my phrase for the year was “actually, I can.”

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A friend of mine saw that mantra and mantra piece back in 2019. She asked for permission to borrow my mantra (permission granted!), then commissioned her own piece of art. Here is the piece I sent to her:

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If you want your own commissioned mantra piece

I am offering up to FIVE commissioned pieces in the next month. They will be made available first come, first served at $125 each (which includes US shipping). Each piece will be completed on an 8”x10” canvas.

If you want to claim one for yourself, please click the link below to order one, then complete the form to let me know your word or mantra, and any colors you prefer (whether that is “pastels or jewel tones”, or something else.

Small, dark, moody vignettes

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I was trying to come up with a title for this post, which is about the five pieces I want to share with you today, when it occurred to me that they are all little stories on the canvas. And what the story is, or what it means, is entirely up to you.

All of the above art pieces are 5”x7” in size on a deep canvas with finished edges. They are suitable for hanging on the wall or sitting atop a dresser, table, mantel, or shelf. Created using hand-torn papers (including the pumpkins, ghost, and bat), acrylic paint, and acrylic inks. Perfect for Halloween or all-year evocativeness. $35 each, which includes US shipping.

I haven’t added these to my online shop just yet, so you can email me to claim one if you don’t want to wait!

Well, hello October!

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Fall is well and truly here in southern New Jersey. We’ve been enjoying cool nights and excellent sleeping weather. In only a few short weeks, it will be time for Halloween, which makes me mindful that I have some offerings that would be PERFECT for both the Fall season, and for Halloween.

Fall is my favorite season.

I’m not a person who usually has a favorite anything, but I do have a favorite season, and it is Autumn (or Fall). Which partially explains why I created the following pieces of art. I love the fall palette when it comes to creating art. I love the leaves (both in real life and in art).

Here are six paintings—four for Fall, plus two specifically for Halloween. All come framed, and prices include US shipping. The first, square piece is a 12” square canvas framed in wood. It features a quote from Sense & Sensibility: “It is not everyone who has your passion for dead leaves.” It is for sale for $150, which includes US shipping.

The second and third paintings are 8”x10” canvas board, matted and framed. Both feature Emily Dickinson quotes. The first, with the butterfly, is “Autumn—overlooked my Knitting” and the second is “If you were coming in the Fall”. Each is priced at $125, which includes US shipping.

The three pieces in the bottom row are all 9”x12” mixed-media collages on canvas board, matted and framed. The first features a quote from Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” The middle piece features a Cornish blessing, “From ghoulies and ghosties, long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, the Good Lord protect us.” The final piece just says “Boo” and features a handprinted ghoul. All three pieces are $150, and include free US shipping.

If any of the above pieces appeal to you, please get in touch to claim it. You can order from the website, drop me an email, or message me on social media.

What's for sale so far!

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Well, if you’ve been following along on Instagram or Facebook or the homepage of my website here, then you already have an idea. But just in case not, here are some pics of last weekend’s studio set up. I still have 5 heart cards (at $3 each, plus postage), both tambourines you see here ($36 each, plus shipping), the four heart collages on canvases in the top left picture ($20 each, plus shipping), the two bright paintings on the wall together (the yellow roses have sold), and the “If You were coming in the Fall” collage ($90, framed, plus shipping).

Over the past week, here are some of the items that have been offered for sale, with prices:

Original heart collages. Smaller ones are 5” square ($20 plus shipping), larger ones are 6” square ($25 each, plus shipping).

Original heart collages. Smaller ones are 5” square ($20 plus shipping), larger ones are 6” square ($25 each, plus shipping).

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Flowerburst

24”x30” mixed media on canvas, $200 plus shipping. (Discounted from $325)

Below, you see my Chakra Heart garlands—each close to 7 feet long, with fourteen rainbow-colored hearts to correspond with the seven chakra colors, all made of hand-painted paper and strung on red & white baker’s twine. Usually $8 each plus postage, they are for sale for $5, plus $2 postage. Two of the hot air balloons that I posted this week remain, priced at $30 each plus shipping ($10). The four original collage hearts this week are different from the ones offered last week. The smaller, 5” squares are $20 plus shipping, the 6” squares are still $25 each, plus shipping. They can sit on a shelf, as seen here, but they are also wired to be hung. The remaining nine pieces are original watercolors, which are matted and ready to frame. (Apologies for any glare from the protective packaging.) The square ones are in 8” square mats, the rectangles are in 8”x10” mats. Your choice, $20 each, plus shipping of $5.

I would love love love to make some more space in my studio, which is why I hauled out all the holiday pieces for tomorrow’s live sale. Here’s a sneaky peak at what the studio looks like today:

“You Only Cross My Mind in Winter” 24” x 36” on canvas. Acrylic ink and paint with charcoal. $250 plus shipping. Cat not for sale.

“You Only Cross My Mind in Winter” 24” x 36” on canvas. Acrylic ink and paint with charcoal. $250 plus shipping. Cat not for sale.

I hope you will stop by tomorrow at 5 pm EDT for the sale. If you miss it, it will remain on Instagram for a bit, and also be posted to my Facebook page.

Welcome, July!

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Today is July 1st, which means it’s a new year (for some folks, anyway, if they have a fiscal year that ended yesterday). At any rate, it’s the first day of the second half of the current year. And if you’re Canadian, it’s a holiday! HAPPY CANADA DAY, FRIENDS!

All of which is to say WHERE DID THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR GO?

I mean, I know where it went. Really and truly. But wowza, it’s the second half of 2019 now and that means six months until we rename the year, and is it just me or is time somewhat flying?

At the same time, given my meditation practice (almost typed “medication” HA!), time doesn’t always fly. Sometimes it expands. And I’m banking on some more of that for the rest of the year as I try to live life and get things done.

Speaking of which, I’ve been working on a new project, which is not yet entirely ready for primetime, but if you’d like to have a peek at it, you can check out this Facebook page for Actually I Can, which is a new sort of business and business venture for me, but it’s something I’ve been called toward for ages now, and with the help of a business mentor, I figured out how to start doing it.

Original mantra piece I made for myself at the start of 2019.

Original mantra piece I made for myself at the start of 2019.

I am also entirely excited to be getting back into my studio this week. I’m feeling called to do some collage and some painting!