It's been a while

Social media has subsumed so much of online communication and sharing -- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr -- that sometimes I forget about my blogs, which is a shame because the nature of a blog is more intimate. Blogs encourage writing -- duh, it's was all about journaling when blogs first started.  

And I've drifted from my artwork --  yes, I'll admit that work and family and other issues pretty much took over my life these past years.  I can't remember the last time I picked up a paint brush.  But things are changing for me once again.  Retirement is coming up and frankly, I cannot wait!  

So this morning I decided it was time to begin dabbling again.  Because time is short and I wanted to get outside and enjoy my Sunday afternoon before returning to work tomorrow, I decided to play with small digital collages.

It's almost like learning to ride a bike all over again!  Lots of 'mistakes' later, I was finally happy with what I did.  Time to share!  

These little works are all available on my RedBubble site -- greeting cards, prints, mugs, journal books and more.  I hope to keep up on these small tidbits until I feel like I'm not such an amateur!

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Edgar Degas

Spring Sale!

Just spending some time trying to organize various painting, drawings, sketches, etc.   This weekend the weather has been a bit too cold to do much in the garden, so am diddling around in the 'studio,' doing odds and ends.  It's hard to get motivated on a Sunday when you know Monday is only a few hours away!

Decided to try "marketing"  some of my works, as I'm contemplating opening up an Etsy store later in the spring.  But whatever the decision, many of my paintings and collages are availabe on Red Bubble as prints, notecards and more -- just click on the images below --