Is Turtle Your Spirit Animal?

Blue Safety: At first she felt weird, but then the water calmed her, soothed her, charmed her and her Spirit Animal swam towards her. As she rested in the blue safety of the moment she knew love and she laughed inside spouting red-hot swirls all around her.

365 Days of Paint + Story

On Nov. 1, 2016 I began a project to make and share a painting and a story for 365 days WOW! This painting is no. 18 from that project.

A Heart Healing For Creatures of the North

The Call of the Snow Goose: Snow Goose calls her from afar. She is here with her star. Pink, rosy cheeked memories of toques and tongues keep her warm. She is far from home. Her sustenance, the pines whisper reminders, "pssst you are a Northern creature." Nothing can stop her from feeling this in her bones.

365 Days of Paint + Storytelling

This is year 2 of daily art-making. This year I'm adding a story to the mixI This painting is no. 14 from that project.

How to Dream a Fantastic New World with Pink Puss

Quiet, peaceful, ultramarine purples surround her, calm her, delight her. Her Pink Puss magicks away her worries and dreams her a fantastic new world where LOVE is supreme. A place where pinks and reds warm her and wisdom finds her, easily, succinctly, appropriately.

365 Days of Paint + Stories

On Nov. 1, 2016 I began a project to make a painting and to write about it and post it on my blog and/or Instagram for 365 days WOW! This painting is no. 11 from that project.

You ARE Special and You Know It!

She had orange hair, spiky, like the Kingfisher, her spirit animal. Next came purple hills - mounds - soft, hazy, magical, like her. With her best friends by her side she knew, without a doubt she WAS special and that the key to everything was inside her. She just had to find it.

365 Days of Paint + Stories

On Nov. 1, 2016 I began a project to make a painting and to write about it and post it on my blog and/or Instagram for 365 days WOW! This painting is no. 10 from that project.

Can You Dream a Better Tomorrow?

Surrounded by grey-ness - raining blues, she closes her eyes and dreams of you...her spirit friend appears in the sky, a seagull flying high. A diamond in magenta appears next; a geometry of lines to carry her forward, not into sadness, but hope. As a flower, a lotus? a tulip? in pink appears. She will close her eyes and dream a better tomorrow.

365 Days of Paint + Words

On Nov. 1, 2016 I began a project to make a painting and to write about it and post it on my blog or Instagram for 365 days WOW! This painting is no. 9 from that project.