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We Gotta Have Friends

I had one artist that I’d just met, pull me aside at one of my workshops and tell me, ‘Dreama, be sure, in all that you are doing, to…

I’m a Daydream Believer

If we were sitting over a favorite drink, talking art and creativity and fear and dreams, what would you have to say? Where’s your mind and heart these days as it relates to your creativity?

Your Best Investment Yet, Part 2

That’s how investments feel to me. I don’t remember each of them, but I know in my bones that they are much of what has brought me to where I am today.

Your Best Investment Yet

‘I’m going to invest in me.’
Did you feel a bit uncomfortable just reading those words? I know I did in writing it.
Investing in ME.
Doing something with the intention that I will personally grow, benefit, expand from. Invest. The word itself makes one

Make Your Joy a Priority

Funny how bogged down we can get, losing the plot. A lost ball in tall weeds. This simple mantra can answer a plethora of ‘should I?, which one should I pick? why nows?’ Make your joy a priority. Roses, bold and red, standing straight by the French flower shop sink. Eddie, eyes so green, my…

Minding Your Eds and Cues

In regards to last week’s confession, I’ve been having some happy times painting at the cottage. I wanted to share what actually triggered me getting back to the easel. It was a back-end approach. I wasn’t trying to ‘find’ something to paint.

Feeling at Home in International Artist Magazine!

Years back, long before the days of computer and easy access to artists around the world, there were these wonderful things called art magazines. They were like little treasures that came to my mailbox each month.

Finding Our Why

So how do we arrive at knowing our ‘why’, our purpose?
How do we uncover it?
Well, here’s the cool thing. We thankfully don’t have to go searching outside ourselves for some lofty purpose.

Why the ‘Why’ Matters

Think of your ‘why’ like the flame to your candle, like the mojo to all your creative undertakings!

Waiting for just the right time to study with me—I’ve got you!

If you’ve been wanting to take an online painting course with me and waiting for the just the right time—I’ve got you!

For a very limited time, my online painting course set in Italy is available for the special price of $100 off!