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June 2024 Art – How to Understand an Art Piece

June 2024 Art – How to Understand an Art Piece

THOUGHTS of where we are within the Cosmic Energies.  3rd week in June, we are now at the summer solstice time, where the northern hemisphere experiences the longest day of the year, and the shortest day in the southern skies.  As the sun moves into Cancer, the moon...

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Is Your Life in Your Hands?

Is Your Life in Your Hands?

Hands are the most frequently symbolized part of the human body; they have so many poignant associations: 'Hands down...'; 'in safe hands'; 'don't bite the hand that feeds you'; 'guiding hand'...'upper hand'... 'force someone's hand'... ‘lending a hand’… the list...

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NZ Travel Inspirations: Layering Process & Themes

NZ Travel Inspirations: Layering Process & Themes

Being in New Zealand for 6 weeks was a wonderful experience that invigorated my life and art. I’m using the adventure as an opportunity to reflect upon how I express the essentials within my art practice. For the first week in NZ, I played with...

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Time to Shake It Up?

Time to Shake It Up?

Happy New Year to my Art Peeps… and I’m wishing you a Wondrous 2024 In tumultuous times, it’s advantageous to use the unstable energies to get unstuck; we can lean into the possibilities at the start of the New Year. Did you set some goals for this year? Those goals...

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3 Metaphysical Influences in my Art

3 Metaphysical Influences in my Art

Sacred Geometry is an organizing principal of nature, from the spirals of galaxies to the intricate designs of a flower.  Sacred geometric patterns exist as part of the universal language of design, common across diverse cultures. When we gaze upon the cross section...

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Depicting Invisible Energies in My Art

Depicting Invisible Energies in My Art

Artists throughout the ages have used a variety of materials and methods to illustrate various invisible energies. I’ve always loved the gold ‘halos’ around the heads of spiritual avatars in Christian paintings, representing an individual’s divinity or enhanced...

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Inspiration for the 3D (3rd Dimension)

Inspiration for the 3D (3rd Dimension)

A little HerStory:  For those of you familiar with my more recent art, you might be surprised to know that a major portion of my artistic career was as a 3-dimensional artist: ceramic & mixed media sculpture and multi-media installations.  My ability to imagine...

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