Dream big and start small
Follow your inspiration
Share it with the world.
Art Prescription: That is just what the founders of Spoonflower did! My art friends and I took a tour of their facility today and it was very inspirational. Stay tuned for a little write up of our tour, as soon as I can get my head out of the day-dreaming clouds…
Organization
Having your ducks in a row
Know where you’re going?
Art Prescription: I know where I’m going tomorrow!! I’m going for a tour of Spoonflower! And I will be covering my adventure here at the Art Prescription, so stay tuned!! Yip!
Not birds entirely
In contrast with things that sing
The mind and the wind.
Art Prescription: Sometimes the mind and the wind whip around without direction, a force not to be tamed, but acknowledged.
Abstract watercolor:
Fall, Orange County
The fields, acres of fresh dirt
Tractor tracks remain.
Art Prescription: As I drive past Maple View Farm on the way home from riding Finn, the fields are so freshly plowed they glow orange.
Index card with watercolor:
As the garden wains
My imagination comes
To stay for winter.
Art Prescription: My favorite way to paint…random chaos, drips and puddles, blooms, that become a wildflower meadow.
8 x 8 watercolor
No wind, waves, ripples
Perfect reflection on pond
Mind like still water.
Art Prescription: Misu no kokoro translates in Japanese to “A mind like still water.” It refers to water taking on a mirror-like quality. Working with horses is like this.
From Mark Rashid’s book “Whole Heart, Whole Horse: Building trust between horse and rider:”
“Put simply, developing a quiet mind allows us to take in and process information in a true and correct manner and then respond appropriately, in a way suited to the situation, provided the situation even needs a response.”
It occurs to me that this applies to every relationship in our lives.
Index card with watercolor and my chop that says “hope.”
Little biddy bit
A new experience, farm
And great big horses!
Art Prescription: My friend Bonnie and her two sweet pups went to the farm today to meet the herd. It was so interesting to watch these tiny dogs with the horses. The one word that says it all is “gentle.” Both the dogs and the horses were calmly inquisitive, sniffing the other as if to say hello.
Iphone photo
In the gloaming now
The geese line up to take flight
And with one sound, whoosh!
Art Prescription: I love watching animals communicating. They seem to do such a better job than us humans. In unison bird flocks, horse herds, and geese make a move at the same time, as if choreographed.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor with pen and ink
On the porch with mums
Yellow mums and white pumpkin
Fall decor still-life.
Art Prescription: I love the hues of fall.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor
Waiting in the truck
With tail wagging loyalty
I know the routine.
Art Prescription: I think routine is just as important for our animals as it is for us. They look forward to their steady dose of love.
Index card sketch
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