Courage!

I have working on two oil paintings for the last month and a half. I was told numerous times that oils took along time to dry, BUT they failed to say that added oil to the painting could take WEEKS, I mean SEVERAL WEEKS to dry. My oil paintings were NOT coming out the way I daydreamed that they would.

S.H. told me, "Throw them away." That was kinda scarey. After all I had worked on them every night for almost a month. Throw them away? My babies, my uglie babies would have to sit at the dump.

Before I knew it, I said the "P-word." I said, "I promise I will throw them away." I tried to stop myself from using that word, because I have promised myself if I promise, I have to follow through.

As I walked S.H. to her car, I carried my ugglie babies to the trash, and it happen to be trash day too. A thought crossed my mind, when S.H. leaves, I can grab them out, she would never know! But the P-word crossed my mind, and I was compelled to leave them in there new home. I have not attempted to paint again, but continue to study the process of oils.

The moral of this story? If you are being fustrated by something that isn't coming together. Throw it out! Free your mind, free the space, and start again. :)

Holidays, Fixing up Rental, Kids, Going to be Grandmother, and Weather, is that all?

I haven't blogged in 3 weeks, after I PROMISED, come Hell waters or what I would. What a lair, I am! :(

I would love to think I could make excuse after excuse, but that would be insulting my own intelligence, for I know that, "Life is what I make it. Always has been. Always will be so."

With that said, "I'mmmmm back!"

I was turned down by Desert Book. Please don't be dissopointed, I'm not. This door I tried to kick down, guess what, it didn't open. Therefore, another door is waiting for me, just gotta find it.

I have learned too much, to let two, (by the way noticed how I used a lot of to's) "Not intrested in my book", put me down. I will continue to walk forward, cause that really is the only way I know how to move, my crab walk is haulirous, I don't even think I can get my butt off the ground.

So here is to ALL the GREAT, BEAUTIFUL, MAGICAL, and SPIRTUAL days I have before me! So I bid you Au Revoir.

Motherhood in the M

I am 44 years of age. As I was in the kitchen, I was using my PC to look up Grant Funding, while helping my son do his school work off the main computer, while texting my husban on my cell, as my youngest son watched Netflix in the Tv room, and my other son watched Netflix in his room. I thought if you would have told me when I was a teenager that I would have been surrounded by all these amazing gadets, I don't think I would have been able to wrap my mind around it!

I am in awww of all that is available to me. I llive in an amazing time!

What make you have that "Wow" moment?

Did I really think what I thunk?

I have a goal that I hope to accomplish by November 2013. Does that seem far? Doesn't seem far when you get my age. You relized that time moves fast, that time will go by, so why not set goals and follow threw.

I begun a small self doubt about my goal. But the Lord quickly reminded me, through an experience I had as I watched the news. A Photographer named Linda Boyd took the time to use her talent to help 33 children in Foster Care find there forever family.

So yes, I really thunk what I thought. I must stay on this path, and accomplish this goal. That my talents and others who's talents are being called for duty will help those who have no voice.

Learning Something New, is that good?

Last night I began a new project. I decided I needed to learn how to oil paint. It's funny that all my life my dad, an oil painter, has tried numerous times to explain the color wheel, give me art mags to read, and videos to watch. I refussed.

 I had NO intrest in learning how to oil paint in the least. But alas the stupid stick wacked me so hard that it wacked me into reality. Now I relized after the SVA show, that to move forward on the art curcit, I must learn to paint and paint WELL.

David Evans a most excellent instuctor accepted the challenge to teach me this art (oil). An art that has been around for centuries. His first and core teaching process is color in the darkness first, then bring in the light. Ugggggg! This is a challenge for someone who wants to color the spot then shade.

I knew learning to paint would be a challenge, but if I don't challenge myself, I won't grow. I pray for the desire to learn to love to paint, but for now, it is a real challenge to put the dark in first then the light.

But maybe that's a metophore. The darkness is there first, then the illumination comes in.

Springville Musuem Reception 10.28.2011