Art shows
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It’s called Artist
Art as therapy is something that is an interesting adventure. The piles of things I make often represent the outcome of channeling my anxiety or perhaps waylaying it. Art in itself is odd. Being called an artist odder still.… Continue reading
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Lookalike.
This is the Art Director posing with my quilts. I LOVE how she chose to interact with my art. This will be one of my favorite photographs. There was an artist reception for me and I decided that I… Continue reading
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Played So Much.
The only Art Show I do, is less than a week away. It is time now to look up from what I have created, price my art and start getting organized to show. There is a big difference between doing… Continue reading
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Presence of Art
Yesterday I was part of Art Week in Marquette, and it was about demonstrating your art – and I misunderstood and yet I overachieved. I brought way way too much art compared to the other artists. We were a small… Continue reading
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Serious Artist.
Being an artist is a weird thing. Selling what you play with seems often weirder. Now that I am retired, I was feeling like I had to become more 'serious' about being an artist. Like creating… Continue reading
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The Right Direction
I looked back in my blog and the first time these Story Line Quilts were displayed was July 2012 at the Strawberry Festival Quilt show- almost 10 years ago. There is a difference in who I was back then, compared… Continue reading
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Off to Show My Soul
My quilts are rolled up and loaded into the car – their labels have been printed – they are all set to be put on display. I was chosen by the Peter White Library Arts Committee to show my art… Continue reading
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Once Again On Display
So, a few years back, prior to Covid, I was working with the Library Director at Peter White Public Library about having My Storyline quilts on display. We had to postpone a few times, but now we are ready to… Continue reading
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Soul at Rest
This blog has been a way for me to sort out truth from fiction – as well as what is helpful or healing for my mental wellness – and perhaps more how it feels coming from a dysfunctional cult-like religious… Continue reading
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Story Line of Becoming
I felt like I was taking the records of my mentalness as I left Copper Country Mental Health with my quilts. I was taking them out of a safe space. A place that understands, and holds sacred, our mental being.… Continue reading