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Huginn & Muninn mixed media on wood panel 24×48″
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My life is a wagon wheel. What? A wagon wheel? Now hear me out. Those of you who have followed me for a while know, I am an artistic nomad \u2013 mixed media, encaustic, collage, painting, fabric art, quilting, clothing design. Sometimes I wish I could just stick with one thing. Maybe if I stuck with one thing, I would get really good at it, right? Focus for heaven\u2019s sake! Find my inner Monet and paint a lily pond or hay stack over and over. I guess it\u2019s obvious I\u2019m no Monet, but I do love to make and create. If I don\u2019t have a creative outlet, I\u2019m a bear to live with, just ask my family. So here is my wheel analogy. Creativity, creative forces (perhaps God even?) is the center of the wheel. I am on the outer rim and each spoke of the wheel is a way in. I have to think and problem solve and imagine and create my way to the center. So each endeavor gives me another slice of my creative center, each attempt gets me closer to the whole or at least I\u2019m betting on it working that way because that is who I am. Even if sometimes it is crazy making to juggle all these balls maybe one day one of those balls will plop down on my head and say \u201cconcentrate on me, go down my spoke only\u201d but until then I will keep rolling on my wagon wheel theory of life.<\/p>\n

This is a way to show you some of the things I\u2019ve been working on \u2013 you may have noticed that I\u2019m not walking down the blogging spoke of the wheel as often as I used to, here are a few reasons why.<\/p>\n

Teaching:<\/p>\n

\"1.group

\u00a0workshop making icons for All Souls day at Incarnation Church in Santa Rosa<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

\"2.group

2 day workshop creating Guardian Angels at The Bishop\u2019s Ranch.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Writing:<\/p>\n

\"3.magazine

My latest article in Quilting Arts Magazine on creating fabric by the yard from small mono prints. Purchase magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Making: (see ravens at top of article)<\/p>\n

\"4.mother

Mother Bear mixed media collage on canvas panel 11×14″<\/p><\/div>\n

\"5.Home

Art quilt part of a challenge donation put out by Quilting Arts magazine to give as gifts to homeless folks transitioning to permanent housing. 14×14″<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Entrepreneurial endeavors:<\/p>\n

\"6.gallery

My work at Gallery 300 at The Barlow in Sebastopol CA<\/p><\/div>\n

\"7.

Me, my print maker son Ivan, and blacksmith husband Jack at our Family Art Sale at The Bishop’s Ranch<\/p><\/div>\n

\"8.10scarves

My line of Cashmere and Modal Scarves go to my website to see detail pictures and to purchase – Website<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

WOW- that\u2019s a lot even for me! I\u2019m always looking for new places to teach and share my creative energy so if you have any ideas for me let me know. Soon I’ll catch you up on my workshops in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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