Once Upon a Long Time Ago

April 19, 2012 By

Once Upon a Long Time Ago

This is SO far out of my comfort zone and very different than the photographic art I create. If you’ve ever lost touch with your true self, you’ll get this. I’m working on getting back in touch with my inner creative soul that offers up thought provoking questions and ideas. It’s liberating to work on a piece of art knowing that someone out there can relate to what I’ve designed. It’s like an “ah-ha” moment!

Please keep checking back for something that might reach your soul… {and grab a pencil, crayon, some paint or even a tube of lipstick and jot down your thoughts in pictures. Even if it’s abstract, it will have meaning to you and that’s all that matters!}. GO FOR IT!

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You don’t have to row on your own

April 11, 2012 By

Don't Row Alone

“You don’t have to row on your own. A good friend will always be there to grab hold of the other ore.” – Kokabella

 

To my close friend, Rique for inspiring me today to create this beautiful piece of photographic art from a simple photograph. Some people are just forever connected. :-)

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Wintery Barn Photographic Art

April 2, 2012 By

Scenic Barn Photo Art

I created this piece of photographic art this morning for my girlfriend, Bella whose beloved horse is being put down today. He was just diagnosed with some pretty bad cancer. So sad. :-(

He has lived a very long and loved life. I hope it helps her to get through this super sad day. Though it’s a wintery scene and we’re in much warmer weather, it’s calming and she needs that for sure today.

{Love you Bella. Wish I could be in L.A. for you today}.

Scenic Barn Photo Art Card

“Wintery Barn” now available at my Etsy store.

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Everything you see is lovely if…

March 31, 2012 By

Title: “Everything you see is lovely if love is what you choose to see.”

It’s amazing how something as easily forgotten as a dead leaf on the ground can be so easily disregarded. Look around. There’s beauty everywhere, even in a leaf.

Several years back when I lived in Malibu, I met a songwriter, Dean Grakal with whom I shared a few interesting conversations with about our life experiences. One of them was after I had been at the barn riding my Warmblood, “Blind Faith.” It was this perfect, sunny Southern California day and the view was crystal clear as far as I could see out over the ocean. After my ride, I spoke with Dean and told him about how everything I could see was so clear, as though the world was standing still and it was as perfect of a moment as anyone could possibly experience. [Read more...]

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Watercolor Art Series by Sophia

March 2, 2012 By

I’ve always been inspired by watercolor art. I finally started to act on it late last year by taking a watercolor course. I love it! My little girl just turned three last month and she’s far surpassed my abilities at painting on paper though! I left it to her to create the painted art on index cards that we happened to have lying around. I added some added water drops and word art. Mission accomplished! We’re calling it a successful day! Here’s a couple that she & I did on index cards, then scanned them and added a little “oomph” in Photoshop! [Read more...]

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Goodbye sweet little beach life

February 21, 2012 By

For the past seven months, we’ve been living at the beach. We leased a fabulous little cottage-style furnished casita in a beautiful gated community in the hammock area of Palm Coast. As many of you know, we moved there for a Montessori school for our toddler. When it didn’t live up to our standards of a traditional Montessori program and was not even a recognized Montessori school, we had to bid farewell to our shabby little beach life and move to Jacksonville where there were Montessori-accredited schools. [Read more...]

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Where Does Your Road Lead?

January 22, 2012 By

As I created this piece of photographic art to print on canvas and also mail out for Mail Art 365 at IUOMA, I thought; “Isn’t it odd how predictable change is even when one has well thought out plans?”

My cute little mini-me will turn three in a few weeks. One thing that has been set in stone between my husband and I is the importance of providing her with the best possible format of learning as possible. She has been in Montessori School since the age of eighteen months and it’s been an incredible experience. When we relocated from Austin to central Florida for a terrific career opportunity, we struggled with finding a good school. We were able to move to a beautiful vacation property at the beach in Palm Coast for the sole reason of finding a local Montessori School for her. It didn’t take long to figure out that the school was not at even close to being a true, traditional Montessori school. (A class of little boys and girls wearing nothing but underpants and tops in the classroom, not potty-trained? Unsanitary and degrading to say the least. That was just the tip of the ice burg).

So I asked myself, where is this road leading us next? [Read more...]

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Which Way Do I Go Creatively?

January 5, 2012 By

"Which Way Do I Go?" Vintage Art

Created from an old book page, textures and magazine tear outs to express my current thoughts on which way to go in my creative life. I’ve got my greeting card biz buzzing along online but I am so fond of creating photographic design elements and vintage art. I have over 200 new designs completed already just since the new year. Although there’s so many directions to go, I am leaning towards a new online store rather than just use them in my own photographic art. Letting other people create their own artsy photographic art sounds really appealing to me right now.

This piece was inspired by the Mail Art 365 and Creative Every Day 2012 challenges that I’m happily involved with! Sending this one out in the mail today!

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