"Kate and Kompany"

This is Katie and her newly created friends. Thanks Katie for letting me enjoy your dolls with you!!!! Keep up the great work. I really appreciate the creativity that you express in giving them names as you bring them to life.

"CAMERA PH0TO FUN"

WOW, SOMETHINGS ONE SHOULD PROBABLY NEVER POST!!!!! My niece and I were fooling around this summer with her camera. I totally forgot about this but somehow either her or her camera know how to do this stuff with stretching faces. We laughed our heads off. No more dignified look here, but on the lighter side of life I do LOVE comedy so if it can make you laugh here goes!

"Veronica's Studio"

Having tea with a friend and fellow artist is such and inspiration to me. Today I stopped by Veronica Funk's house and immediately she hugs me, takes my hand and says "Come see my studio." Veronica and I have been friends for several years and she still amazes me. We run downstairs and into her studio which she has rearranged again. Here we see a corner of the space looking so vibrant and inviting. Her work is so alive and rich in color and her paintings make me want to jump right into the scenes.

I always get so excited that I want to go home and create again. Thanks for letting me drool over your latest work, tea, and conversation (while listening to Stevie Nicks, which we both love) about paint and pigments. Thanks for always encouraging the artist in me to come out to play!!!!

"Ready To Dance"

This is Jess and She is dressed and ready to dance tonight. She is sooooo gifted in the arts and willing to share them in a multitude of ways. This young woman is an amazing visual artist, actor, singer, songwriter, and I am so very proud of her. This evening I get to be a part of the audience that she will delight with her dance. You go girl!!!!! Jess is also featured here as a painted human canvas, living art, walking, moving, breathing. She is my featured Masterpiece of the week!!!! I told her she would make a pretty cute "JESTER" ha.

"Candlelight Delight"

Recently while dining with a friend, I felt compelled to take this photo. Who can resist the beauty of candlelight? I have always loved how light reflects and changes atmosphere and brings forth ambiance. One of my observations is that is doesn't take alot of light to expel darkness, just even one tiny light can bring great change. It is my hope that my life could be a light in others darkness and give back a reflection of who I am created to be. Notice the prism effect of this hurricane lantern, bringing more beauty into the space. O.K. so it doesn't take much to entertain me and I have just exposed my romantic heart, but I encourage you all to drink in the beauty that surrounds you today and begin to see light in small things as that can really be the big things!

"The Most Wonderful Work of Art"

While I have not posted in quite a while, I do think it was good to just be still and be! Reflecting on where I have been in life and where I am now is just fine with me. I took the last year off of much of my visual arts and entered the world of Theatre. I completed my first year of Theatre school and learned so much about me along the way. Somehow part of the journey for me was to reclaim my voice. There is a lovely kids show out called "Finding Nemo" Perhaps my time at school was helping me find "Me" mo. So maybe I was the work of art worth taking the time to invest in.

But the most beautiful work of art that I have recently had the opportunity to meet is my new grandson! Wow, the most adorable little man you have ever seen! O.k. so I am a little bias on that one, but Wow! While he has not given me permission to give his name out, and I would like to protect his privacy, I can say that he came into this world at a whopping 8lbs and 7oz and measured 22 inches long. My kids have been asking for months if I would like to be called Grandma or Nana, Gran or Nan. Not sure yet and maybe I will let the little one decided for me. All I know is that this is a genuine Masterpeice, totally original little priceless one. He took 9 months to bake and came out soooooo perfectly well done! When you look at the marvels of creation, I said to my son "How can they say there is no God?" To me this living little replica of my son and his wife prove to me that there is!

Getting back to Theatre, I have discovered that I love all aspects of it except hanging lights till 3am. I really enjoy costuming and design and have helped costuming for several shows. In my visual arts life I have been working on altered shoes and some mixed media and encaustic work.
Hope life finds you well my friends on this blustery winter night! As we say in Canada (Actually a little bit of RED GREEN here for you "Keep your stick on the ice, we are all in this together".

Nature vs. Nurture

To see more of the progress of the AIRDRIE7 altered book project visit here.