Life of a Full Time Artist

  • Week 32 - Stranger in Plein Air Paradise

    Jean Parker, Sharon Fox Cranston and Wendy Muise plein air painting in PEI. . Plein air is a French term that translates to "open air," and in the...
  • Week 31 - Spinning my Wheels

    If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics? Marie Dressler  Busy. Busy doing nothin'. Nothing in the studio,...
  • Week 30 - Workshop Week

    I touch the future. I teach. Christa McAuliffe I'm a great believer in the pursuit of lifelong learning. Whatever it is that floats your boat, se...
  • Week 29 - Getting back into the grove...

    In Your Groove I sometimes get caught up in post vacation funk.  Coming home from vacation, from the adventure, newness, and constant change of tra...
  • Week 28 - Playing

    I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. Eric Morecambe .  Playing  This week, I played. It was fun. I'm doing i...
  • Week 27 - A New Perspective

    I've been away, travelling, expanding my horizons, and according to William Maddux and Adam Galinsky, improving my imagination and creativity as we...
  • Week 24 - Reboot - Reset

    How do I reboot my artistic consciousness? By doing something just for me.

    Art has become my path in life. I guess It's my "calling". It's probably a good thing as I'm hopeless with numbers and languages. Numbers get switched up in my head. I'm ok if I can see them, but don't tell me your phone number... my brain will reel. Which leads me to a funny story of a job I once had as a 911 operator in Barrie, ON... another time perhaps. All I can say is... Barrie is a safer place now.

    Anyway, what's one of the things I do to reboot, reset?

  • Week 23 - Painting with your Head and your Heart

    Your worst battle is between what you know and what you feel. Unknown What is the breakthrough point for an Artist? I guess it's different for ev...
  • Week 21 - Keeping On, Keeping On... Motivation

    No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. William Blake Motivation How do I keep motivated? By changing things up from time to time,...
  • Week 20 - Painting with Knives

    Favourites Favourites are another word for comfortable, easy, and stress free. You know what you're gonna get. That's great, but it can also hold y...
  • Week 19 - Time on my Hands

    Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Groucho Marx OMG Why is it the older I get, the faster time flies? I remember when I was a k...
  • Week 18 - Lifelong Learning

    Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin If there is a finish line, I've never found it. Lifelo...