"UNLOVED"

"SELF"

I guess I feel if I must practice sketching a face, it should be mine...I feel extremely bad if I do one of a friend and it just does not look right. I am starting to accept all my flaws...sigh...it is part of my journey.

Maddie's artwork

Madison is very much a part of my journey through art...this is her work. it is quite impressive. She is 10 and beautiful!

I love how the body and tail turned out...hand, face needs more practice...alas, I over worked this picture.

"My Georgie"

"3 AM Self"

"YOURS"

"TORN"

Inspired by FB artist

"Inspiration"

I have a friend who inspires me to stay on path and to not lose sight of what is ahead. thanks Stefan...

"Discovered"

I have a fondness for sea shells...I love that they are never perfectly shaped when they are discovered.
They have been tossed and displaced by the ocean, they have been picked up and dropped again...yes, I love sea shells...they are a lot like me.

"Underneath"

"Borrowed Inspiration..."

"Night"

"Failed...Vanity"

"Friends"

An unmost likely connection...

See

"FOUND"

About 20 years ago...I went into an antique shop in the neighborhood and found a sugar bowl that I wanted. It had the blue willow pattern that I love so much, it was a favorite of my grandmother's and to this day, I relate those two together. I loved it and paid for it. When I got home, I lifted the lid and found a handfull of sand dollars in the sugar bowl filled with sand...I don't really know why I didn't notice the weight of the bowl as I walked around the shop...I guess it was just meant to be. I have a collection of sand dollars.

Goodbye Apathy...let the waves carry you off.

Mermaid Heart (inspired by The Mermaid Artist: April Story)

The mermaid holds a special meaning to me...I have always had a fascination with anything that has to do with the ocean, ironically, I have a great fear of the ocean. The mermaid...she can be vicious, stunning and mysteriously alluring. I love mermaids.

'Twas a great year...graduated high-school, Ben left for basic training and married him when he came back. No regrets.

Taking time to reflect.

I always felt that I should've been born earlier...

WolfWood...strikes from nowhere.

Dragon in Water...symbol of myth and being fearless

My Sunny Sunflowers

UNKNOWN

Tis' my Nay...Big heart and a beauty!

Collide

Tis' my Sis...RED

Anger

because sometimes anger comes without warning...

Waiting...

Retreat

It will be when it happens.

Serenity

Harmony

For you...because Harmony at home is missing.

Blue Buddha

Elffy

She just happened...

Ruminations

She ruminates from time to time in darkness, memories...past trauma. She lets these things get a hold of her in ways that are scary and self tormenting. In many ways she allows the abuse to continue...
The difference: Now she is able to linger long enough to identify that she wants to be someplace else, darkness fades more and more these days. She ruminates...but not as much as before.

HOPE in color

Drawn for my wonderful aunt. She has given some thing that is invaluable...Peace of Mind. this is a token of my thanks for caring for my grandmother.

"BE" (After I told him "I don't quite believe it yet...") This was his response...(Now I do)

Now it's my turn. I'm a little angry ;) As an admirer of this artwork, how dare you even think about robbing me and others the pleasure of viewing it.  It's just selfish!

That drawing is exactly what I needed this morning and I think it's exactly what you needed.  I can see in the drawing the meaning that Buddhist teaching has begun to have for you; the healing it has provided.  Priceless

"5 AM Sunday"

Because I could never sleep in...they wake me...the past wakes me.

'Tis My Monster...Maddie

My daughter Maddie is the very air that I breathe...she really is great. She is always full of life and wonderment. She is happy...what a lucky girl to have happiness in her life!

Phoenix

Because he would rather HOWL than HOLLA!

"HOPE"

For the first time in a long long time...there is Hope. There is hope for me.

Phoenix

He said to me..."Hi, I'm Phoenix and I am a Werewolf." He is my friend.

First Mermaid

'Twas a first attempt at a mermaid. She holds the darkness in her hands...for the first time staring at in face to face.

The last time I picked up a charcoal pencil was in 1994...I have always thought of art and have always wanted to pick it up again...but life happened. Trauma lingered and dragged me into ruminating in the darkness that was my story. Now 17 years later, I took on my first art class with my 10 year old daughter.

Inspired by the book "IF THE BUDDHA GOT STUCK" (but mainly inspired by a friend...a friend that I never forgot.)