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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Make a new beginning

January 21, 2012 By

Title: “New life, new beginning.”

This was such an easy photograph to create from. New life, new beginning. Simple as that. We may not be new to the world in the birth sense, but it is never to late to change your mind, change the way you see the world and make a new beginning.

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Woman of Worth

January 17, 2012 By

I was recently commissioned to photograph and design a piece of photographic art for an upcoming retail franchise. I was on location when I came upon a concrete bench that overlooked a small lake with a water fountain. On it, was this engraving. It gave me this very appreciative sense of meaning as I read it. Can you think of anything more respectful and valuable than being remembered as a woman of worth?

It added so much to my day and made me feel this great sense of purpose as I walked away with the props that I was there to photograph. When I got back to my shabby little beach cottage, I took shot of the engraving within the concrete bench and added some feminine, rosey posey texture and this sparrow; the pretty little creature that has always reminded me of my grandmother.

A woman of worth… that’s a lifelong achievement to work towards. It gives me something to strive for as perhaps it does for you as well! If you’re still reading along, I ask you, what would you like to be remembered as? I would very much love to read your thoughts below. As for me, I would like to be remembered for finding my light and making it somewhere over the rainbow :-)

 

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“Posh” Photographic Art

January 12, 2012 By

As you all know, I looooove taking a photograph and turning into something other than “a plain photograph!” I took a picture of these sexy pink and brown animal print shoes and added a dash of artsy texturizing to create a canvas-style piece of art. Then I added “Posh” and their contact info just for kicks. I’m ever so thankful for this geeky little piece of “wild imagination” that I was born with! :-)

This is my chosen art piece for the Creative Everyday 2012 Challenge. For the Mail Art 365 project, I think I’ll mail it off to a few countries!

P.S. Are these not the coolest colors?! This would be a great ad for a magazine. Talk about “pop!” It would certainly stand out!

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