My mission since starting this blog has always been to deliver a dose of art and haiku.
I feel art and creativity will get lots of families through these trying times.
Today I made three new mini-art journals and listed them in my Etsy shop.
I hope they might be a place to record thoughts and feelings about our times.
Dogwood State Flower
Sparkles with white blooms in woods
Nature moves onward.
Art Prescription: so no matter how scary the news gets… a walk in the woods reassures you that life is moving forward.
I’m not downplaying our current threats.
I am seeking peace in the natural world.
Be well!
Dogwood pen and ink and watercolor pencil:
She came off trailer
To find herself in grass field
And she was happy.
Art Prescription: Horses live in the moment. Katie the Palomino arrived at Blue Skies today. After a couple of hour ride, she hopped off the trailer and settled quickly.
Beautiful day watching nature’s Devine system.
Of course my horse Finn and his buddy Bodee were very interested in the new mare!
Hi all,
I really want to bring you something positive in your feed. I know we are all feeling a similar anxiety.
I do find, as always, solace in my studio!
Played with palette knife painting today:
Fun and expressive!
Empty parking lots
Families pull together
It’s a new normal.
Art Prescription:
Mixed media on an index card:
Wing and a prayer
Hope is the thing with feathers
Fly high dear sweet souls
Art Prescription: spent a good couple of hours with my sketchbook and binoculars.
Graphite:
Seems this comforts me and each petal is laid with intention.
Listen to silence
Birds bid farewell to the day
Night begins to wake
Art Prescription: As we each search for a new temporary normal, I’m spending more time walking.
I love the Woods, and am particularly inspired by my neighbor’s tulips.
Very loose watercolor. May add pen and ink.
Final leaves rattle
A spring cold front moves on in
Tiny wildflowers
Art Prescription: During these days of fear and unknowns, we still ventured out to our favorite nature spots.
I field sketched with pen and ink:
Home to add a bit of watercolor and haiku:
I have to say that every painting and sketch I worked on today quickly became over-worked, chaotic, with muddy color and a terrible composition.
Sound familiar?
My mind is a-whirl with current affairs.
art prescription 