Seeing is Believing

What we believe is not always clear. And our beliefs are not always based on the truth. For example, the ‘inner critic’ that rabbits on telling us negative ideas about ourselves, creating unnecessary doubt and uncertainty when it would be better to take action based on what comes from the heart of things, from intuition,

Still In Love…

…….with colour and like all the best love affairs requires the qualities of honesty, reflection, hope, joy,  to name but a few. So I’ve been reflecting on how I use colour presently, looking honestly at what I aim to achieve. As a child I responded to colours set out before me, as an adult I

Wall Art

The studio wall gets busy as I try out ideas. Cloth that is not included in my current project, speaks to me from here.

No Hand/Heart # 3 today….

I made another, different drawing today, using the drawing tool from Oregon College of Art and Crafts website, but it seems they haven’t sent it to me….. This is one I made earlier…… The heart/hand is a motif has been around since the Shaker’s and is intended to represent ‘Hand’s to Work , Heart to God’.

No procrastination today!

It is great fun to create directly, with  the intention of publishing immediately. No procrastination here today! Also Take a look at this, hand/heart#2 from a distance…..

Hand/heart drawing

Checking out this ,on account of Kevin liking my blog, I came across a drawing tool and made my hand/heart for today. The MFA programme looks interesting as well, makes me want to go back to art school.

Deadlines…don’t work & what I’ve been doing instead……

is trying out reverse applique inspired by this.   Using my hand as a motif has led me to make a series of ‘hand’ drawings,  and has inspired this for Aaliyah’s quilt It has prompted thought and appreciation for my hands and all the things they do.