Step One Stop talking. Stop talking to the person beside you. Put your wine glass down, stop chopping on the little cracker with the cheese and olive on it. Stop talking to yourself. Quiet yourself. Find a place of silence for yourself … THEN … look and feel the painting. This type of art interpretation [...]
Sometimes we miss out on enjoying simple pleasures because we are saving them for later. We don’t honor or respect ourselves enough to allow us to enjoy the good stuff on an everyday basis. With some practice, this can become a way a life. We save every exciting, new experience for another more convenient day. [...]
I wanted to share my notes out of my sketchbook that I jotted down to help me get a handle on the concept that is involved in my Twenty-Something Painting: BARREN. I typically paint happy stuff, but I am up and down just like everyone else. These notes were written several months ago. I am [...]
Thinking Out Loud: Surrender My daily devotional today involved the word surrender. It was a fine article, written by a man. It began with reviewing the negative connotations surrounding the word surrender. Losing a battle. White flag. Giving up. Forfeiting a game. Yielding to a weaker opponent. I could not relate to any of this. [...]
Ok, I am officially unplugging at 4pm on Saturday. That means no laptop, no cell, no TV, no electronic music. I will plug in again on Monday Morning. Well, I better add one exception to the electronic music thing, I will experience electronic music during church this weekend, since we have screaming loud guitars at [...]
Floral Nebula, Original acrylic on canvas, by Cindy Davis. UPDATE: Painting Sold 10/931/21010, notecards available from Cafepress. Comfort in Linear Creativity When I first began to explore painting, it was a little like an explosion. I wanted to try everything, paint everything, become everything. It was exciting. It was consuming. It was hard to keep [...]
Here are a couple of peaceful pics from April’s Artist Retreat in Aalachicola, FL. It is so nice to run away from responsibilities and take ALL your painting crap and just hang out and create something. (Mrs. English Teacher, is THIS a run-on sentence? ha-ha) Next time I will remember that I really don’t NEED [...]
I have a another little theory rattling around in my head. I would love some comments on this topic, I am certain there are many ideas worth debating here: Competitors thrive on competition. Their hobbies often include sports, computer games, and activities that are quantifiable and can be measured. When competitors become painters, they thrive [...]
The night before last I rode with Tracy Mehearg, one of the fine artists I represent, to an art reception at Valdosta. It is about an hour and half drive from where we live so we had lots of time to talk about lots of things. I especially enjoyed our discussion on the need to [...]
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