I am finally back in Oregon after three weeks of painting and leading my Embracing Magic art retreat in Ireland. I also spent an additional week in France (more on that later). WOW! I still don’t quite know what time zone I’m in, but I’m eager to get back to my studio.
I have tons of photos and stories to share, but first I want to thank Lora Murphy at Essence of Mulranny for hosting this retreat (and also hosting Painting with Fire!). She is a talented artist and a generous soul. 💕
I also want to thank the FABULOUS artists who joined me on the retreat for their enthusiasm and willingness to experiment as they encouraged each other throughout our…
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I’ll bet most of us have a story about following our intuition. Maybe it’s that time you decided on a different route and met a wonderful person, or accepted a job you loved when another seemed like the more practical choice, or maybe (hopefully) when you bought that lucky lottery ticket!
I can recount many of those stories, but the freshest in my mind is still the trip I took in late 2019 just before everything changed. I didn’t have the budget for it but I (uncharacteristically) threw caution to the wind and made it happen. Little did I know that everything would shut down within a few months and I wouldn’t travel internationally again for years. You just…
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The opportunity for collaboration is one of my favorite parts of being an artist. Not only collaborating with other artists in support of our journeys, but also collaborating with my collectors on the paintings they dream of. Being able to guide their personal vision into reality while staying true to my own artistic instincts is an exciting process.
I’m currently working on a new painting for one of my most enthusiastic collectors, which will be a combination of a few of her own photographs. As I developed the initial layers, I became entranced with the sky, happily lost in pushing depth and pulling contrasting colors together. As I stepped back to get a better view, I realized
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