I'm leaving to Mexico tonight with my family and my little dog Cooper.  I'm not sure if I'll be able to blog while I'm gone,...

Premio Meme Award My Blog was recently given the  PREMIO MEME AWARD  by Suzi, of Suziart...Thank you,Suzi! The rules of this award state tha...

8 x 10 acrylic, ink, collage, wax July 4, 2009

Hold tightyly to your inner child and remind her that she is wonderful and strong and never alone.  Help her to understand and to grow, and ...

This was my very first post, and I wasn't quite sure what I was even doing... Post #1-Love IS my religion... Well, this is my very 1st b...

Finding the beauty in the ordinary...

This one is called  CELEBRATE SURVIVAL              Dedicated to my beautiful Mom 11 x 14 acrylic, ink, collage, wax

This is Sugar (white) and Puka (blue)  our two chirpy little friends!

This one is called  CELEBRATE MEMORIES 11 x 14 acrylic, ink, collage, wax June 2009

This is a portrait I did for my good friend Jeri Lynn Ellis.  She and her husband Steve have four daughters who really are the most beautifu...

I just spoke with Esther...she is my husbands grandmother and she is about to die any day.  She is a lovely woman that I love very much.  Ta...

When I was about 5 or 6 I had a duck named Cinderella.  My brother who is a year and a half younger than me had a duck named Batman.  His wa...

Find your center...it's a good place to be.

LOVE  AND  LET  LOVE . . .

I'm so excited because I just signed up to go to the ART And Soul workshop in Portland this October!  I've been there once before on...

So I'm setting goals for myself and then doing what it takes to meet those goals.  Each time I meet one, I'll set another.  I should...

Riding with the tide...sometimes the water is so smooth and calm that it doesn't seem real.  Then the wind picks up and the illusion of ...

CELEBRATE FREEDOM acrylic, ink, collage, wax 11 x 14 June 09

CELEBRATE PEACE acrylic, ink, collage, wax 8 x 10 June 09

Grow, grow, grow!  Imprint and grow!  Absorb and grow!  Feel and grow!

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.  We have created a society that honors the servant an...

Going to take a drive to the beach today-just me and my littlest love, Cooper.  I'll bring my camera and see what I can snap.  It's ...

Balance-equal parts of everything.  I subscribe to balance, and intuition.

CELEBRATE THE MOON 11 x 14 acrylic, ink, collage, wax May 2009

CELEBRATE THE SUN 11 x 14 acrylic, ink, collage, wax May 2009

Good morning sunshine!!!  You fill me with contentment and peace.  You feel so good on my skin and in the warmth of my bones.  I love you!

Got unexpectedly knocked down, but I'm going to brush myself off and begin again.  I don't want to lose my openess and become bitter...

CELEBRATE TRUE FRIENDS acrylic, ink, collage, wax May 2009

CELEBRATE NATURE acrylic, ink, collage, wax May 2009

Mother Nature is oh so very powerful!  The sunshine has done me a world of good!

Heading to Las Vegas for some greatly needed sunshine!  If it won't come to me, then I'll go to it!

"Peace cannot be kept by force.   It can only be achieved by understanding."                                                      ...

Here is another piece of beadwork that I just finished...

Here is the final piece-I'm really happy with how it turned out!