What brings life meaning?

Is it how you spend your time

Or relationships?

Art Prescription: I framed this and really like it!! My time and relationships are both my joy!!

Bucking and snorting

Ten horses wait for their grain

Morning at the farm.

Art Prescription: and hay!! They are so appreciative!

This is a work in progress of one of my horse buddies.

Cold wind spreads fall leaves

Some airborne twirl in the sky

And land on wet earth

Art Prescription: My studio is particularly cozy this time of year. Bright lights, heat, and joyful clutter.

I’m playing with some mini-collages on canvas with drawn or painted eggs and feathers.

Sam and I are headed to The Old Cotton Gin for an art show next weekend!

I’m working on a small painting of a horse for a holiday card.

Needs some tweaking, but ready to go to print!!

Trust, a solid thing

No holes in true honesty

Put my faith in you.

Art Prescription: Trust and faith are big issues of our times.

Art Journal:

Splendid rainy day

Fall trees glow under grey clouds

Air is crisp and clean

Art Prescription: I decided to add seed pods to my paint swatches. It felt like a seasonal thing to do.

Shades of blue and gray

Neutral tones, dark browns and blacks

Winter’s soft palette.

Art Prescription: I’ve got ideas for this, and for now just brush strokes!

When the air is cold

And the fall sun warms your back

And you are with friends.

Art Prescription: After a belly full of hay, one by one the horses go down in the warm sun.

What a beautiful day! Our retreat was amazing. Wonderful group of people who came out to stretch their minds and bodies.

Thank you Sam Sather my yoga partner!

Our intro to the day was to have participants fill in, “If I were growing in a winter garden, I would…”

Their spontaneous answers were poetic!

If I were growing in a winter garden, I would…

Be buried

Transparent

Underground

Asleep

A refuge

A beauty berry

Color

Under a row, covered

A vine up a tree

By a house with lots of people

Turning in compost

A red twig of Dogwood

Peace, serenity

A bulb hibernating

A welcome to birds and squirrels

By flowing water

A shelter.

Hi y’all,

I’m super excited to co-lead a Yoga and Art Journaling Retreat tomorrow at the North Carolina Botanical Garden! The garden is beautiful with fall color.

Today I set up the room with an abundance of art materials for inspiration. Magic will happen!