Self-Expression September 5, 2017

When I try to paint

Like someone other than me

I can do NO ART.

Art Prescription:  Where does art come from? Sure in this digital, linked-in, social-media full world we are inundated by other’s work. And that’s not all bad. I do enjoy a nice Instagram surf with my morning coffee. But then I must go to my studio alone. I must face the blank paper.

It’s brave to go at it alone.

It’s brave to listen to and express your own voice.

Watercolor with pen and ink Vixen:

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Hot August August 17, 2017

Farrier, dentist

And a new horse to the farm

Sweat rolls down my back.

Art Prescription:  A wonderfully busy day at Blue Skies today! I drove out early hoping to get their before Bodie, the new horse, arrived on a trailer. It was shaping up to be an exciting morning around the barn. Of course Max, the barn cat, was asleep with his legs dangling in the back room.

Bodie arrived and even with all the activity, he got off the trailer cool, calm, and collected. The fact that horses live in the moment is demonstrated over and over again.

So I thought we all might need an ice-cream cone:

8 1/2 x 11 paper painting with watercolor and pen and ink:

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Angels August 2, 2017

Hummingbirds whorl by

Feathers are dropped lovingly

Angels even swim.

Art Prescription:  We, those of us who seek, look for and appreciate signs from nature. Animal medicine has strong power and lucky are those who pause to find the messages.

8 1/2 x 11 watercolor with pen and ink; Angel Fish

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