The Runner

The Runner

Well Well Well!   If I look happy that is because I am.

I just got back from a walk with my person. Well it started out to be a walk

but I broke free of my lease and it became a run. If you think my tongue is hanging out

you should see his. The funniest thing I have ever seen. Yep he is laying over in the grass

right now just trying to catch his breath. I think I will take it easy on him and just go lay down

at his side. Don't you think that will be nice of me or should I just go for another run?

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Stubborn 2

Stubborn 2

This is the same donkey I painted a while back.

I just had to paint him once more. He really is the cutest thing.

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Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee

The first cup is always the best. When my eyes pop open the first thing I think about

is that I am glad to be alive and thankful that God allowed me live to see another day and then Coffee.

As I lay there I think I can smell that wonderful aroma. My imagination I am sure.... But wait...

my husband did get up sometime before me and the coffee is made. I see the dark rich fluid as it becomes dark in the cup. I feel the warmth in my hand as I hold the delicate china cup and drink in the senses of

pleasure even before my lips touch the cool glass rim. And then Ahhh! Nothing like it. I would like to 

share this toast with my artist friend Janett Marie who daily paints coffee cups. Visit her blog to experience a different kind of cup.  

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Pink Pig Blue Pig

Pink Pig Blue Pig

These two pig share the same pasture. They roam and root. They gallop and play in the

morning sun. They don't know that one is Caucasian and the other not so there are no prejudices here. 

They love they share and they are ultimately happy. Imagine that.

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Apple Dapple

Apple Dapple

I painted this for the challenge at

www.dailypaintworks.com

Go there to check out all the challenge paintings.

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Keeper of the Flame.....

A thought....a hazy vision....some clay, some tools, fabric, mosaic tiles.....a new piece appears. What is her story?

in her hand she holds a tiny half egg that I found in the forest.  I sealed it, preserved it, reinforced it, painted, and embellished it and attached a flame.  Perhaps she is saying that within us all lies the flame of creation, of transformation, of new beginnings....

Big Cat

Big Cat

I am a feline but most people who see me just say that is one

Big Cat. I love in the jungle and I am the ruler. 

Don't question my authority cause I really am one big cat and I do like

to eat meat and in the grand scheme of things if you are

reading this you are meat. Get my drift?

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Any Cow

Any Cow

Well well well. I am a cow.... Bet you guessed that right. I am some special cow... Not just any cow.

I stand all day long and eat the green grass. In the evening I hear the horn of a vehicle.

That truck horn is calling me to come eat some hay,

calling me alone because I am a cow but not just any cow you know....

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A Crazy Dog Called Jello

Jello

My crazy sister named her dog Jello......

Why? because she shakes like jello when she gets excited....

Funny...

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Life is Full

My professional waiting-painfully-long-in
-medical-exam-rooms-for-news face.

I have many notes and seeds for blogs ready to burst. But I've been so busy with wonderful adventuring that I have not had the time to write. Instead I've been out living and collecting wonderful stories to be able to relive again when I get to writing them. This is a wonderful position to find myself in for a change: my life has been rich and full, eye opening, and transformative over the past month.

I lived in NYC for two weeks and experienced Manhattan to the fullest. I received highly targeted radiation to the two problematic areas of cancer growth on my vertebrae and the large area on my sacrum every morning at 8:30am for 10 days. Overall, I felt very well during it, and things went smoothly except for one comedicaly outrageous debacle on the second-to-last day (full blog worthy).

My esophagus is very irritated from the treatment, but besides some deep achiness that's the only thing that's lingering. I'm told it is temporary. More importantly, I had a PET Scan yesterday to check on the other small areas of lymphoma involvement that we have not been addressing while I received radiation to focus on the immediate problem areas. Well, remarkably and unexpectedly, just two days after wrapping my rad sessions, the scan revealed that the three big, scary spots are ELIMINATED!! All that is left are tiny flecks showing divets of where the cancer cells were once collecting.

We were all shocked looking at this scan in comparison to my last. The radiation immediately took care of the problem and my bones are now free of danger and the major pain gone. This is an incredible feeling – a literal weight off my back. Not surprisingly, the small areas of lymph node disease involvement in my chest and in my abdomen are a little hotter on the scan with some new spots creeping in, and I am experiencing some symptoms of this. We are formulating a plan to get those back under control with a next course of treatment.

Overall, it's a very good report for my circumstance. I suppose this is what disease maintenance means. My life of late has been full of good food, culture, weather, parks, tons of walking, clearheadesness, happiness, drive, clarity, and wonderful experiences of both Karin time and close friend and family, husband-and-wife time and love. After some convincing and treatment plan tweaking, my wonderful medical team at Sloan-Kettering gave me clearance to travel as planned. As long as nothing crazy happens between now and then, on Wednesday, Craig and I jet set for a childhood friend's wedding in Malibu, CA. After the weekend in LA, I will fly to – finally – see my sister (my life blood) in her Las Vegas environment. My parents and brother will be flying out as well, and we'll spend the week touring the mountains and deserts of Nevada ... and the crazy Vegas strip ... as a family. It will be wonderful. I look forward to lots of blogging in detail when I get back. I have many stories to tell from the past few weeks.

Learn to create a perfectly balance flying fae!

Boy!  I had to make many many faeries to finally figure out how to get them to balance.  But after the 6th try, I figured out a simple process to mastering this!

So then I thought....this is perfect for a class so others don't have to go through the trial and error, of what should be easy, but believe me...is not! :)  Click here for more info: http://aforartistic2.homestead.com/flying-faerie.html

So now I have them hanging all above my art table.  Sweet little things!

Bumble

Bumble

A big fat healthy looking bee.

Buzz......Buzz.....Buzz.....

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Have You Ever Seen A Blue Barn

Have You Ever Seen A Blue Barn

Well Have You?

I have not until this one that is. 

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On A Windy Day

On A Windy Day

On a windy day the trees sway in the breeze. The stale air becomes fresh, The grass shifts from side to side and the shadows change with the movement of the trees. 

On a windy day the world is fresh.

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Land and Sea

Land and Sea

There is a certain peace which can be felt at those places where the land meets the sea.

This is one of those places. 

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Country Afternoon

Country Afternoon

This old red barn caught my eye. I was so interested in the blue road. 

This was so much fun. Hope you like.....

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Lover Boy

Lover Boy

A little Jack Russell Terrier who lives with my sister. I almost said

owned by my sister but we all know that is not true....

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He Rules

He Rules

If you have ever had one of these you will know why the name.

These little dogs do rule their world...Period....

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Bad Boy

Bad Boy

I looked at this little buger and somehow the memory of being pinched

by a crab came back to mind. Ouch     don't want to feel that again.

United We Stand

United We Stand

Don't know why as I looked at these I titled it this. I guess maybe because

as CNN plays on the TV telling me such gloom and doom I think of country and 

freedom and family and my feeling interjected into my painting for today.

 Who can argue with that..... United We Stand.

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Top Heavy

Top Heavy

Another tree with its things blowing in the breeze. 

Just for the fun of it.

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On a Quiet Beach

On a Quiet Beach

A tree standing tall. I have always been intrigued by these. They are so tall and straight.

They sway in the wind without breaking. They really can't be called a shade tree even

tho they do cast an interesting shadow. 

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Pandora and the Seven Sins....new online class!

Meet Pandora!  And meet her Seven Sins!

This really fun, really big class has just been opened at That Creative Place, online school.

In this class you will learn how to sculpt and paint Pandora and each of her Seven Sins.  It is really fun to capture the expressions of Gluttony, Pride, Anger, Lust, Greed, Envy and Sloth.

You will also learn to use a gourd as Pandora's body and the container for the Sins. And how to use a lazy susan as a display turntable.

The Sins can sit on the rim of the turn table, or you can place them within her body.....and then reach in and choose your sin for the day!  In this one class, you will learn about apoxie sculpt, collage, painting and sculpting technique, application of fabric, crackle glaze, and embellishments. 

And of course, once the Sins have been removed, Hope remains.  Do you see her there?

Here are the pile of Sins...funny little creatures, sure to make you laugh!  Come join me for this really fun class and create for yourself, a masterpiece.  The class is structured to allow you to go at your own speed, to join the group or just to follow the detailed instructions and photos on your own.  For more information, go here: That Creative Place

Storage Building

Storage Building

I grew up in the deep south. A country road Hwy 84 in face goes from

Grove Hill to Monroeville, Al.   Right before you cross the Alabama river

there is a farm with cows and trees and a silo. I remember it from my childhood and

it is still standing. I always wanted to paint it and now I have

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All Tied Up

All Tied Up

These beauties are not kicking or screaming. They are perfectly happy to

be all tied up. Kinda like family. Close is sometimes better.

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Three For Me

Three For Me

Perhaps I should not admit this but after naming literally hundreds of paintings sometimes

names elude me. Thus grasping at straws Three For Me.

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Green Stem

Green Stem

I know there is a lot of red here but what I see is that long green stem.

I love the pepper of course but I can imagine all sorts of things as I look at that stem.

It is kinda like cloud searching. You can see what you want to see. 

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Misty Lake

Misty Lake

Somewhere out there is a hidden lake where the water trickles down the

path of least resistance kinda like some peoples lives. That is the easy path. 

I must admit somedays I do follow that path just because some days I am lazy but then

others I fight against the current. I stand up for what I believe and scream loudly in

protest against things that are wrong. I miss the days where morales were held sacred

and the people who held them high were thought of as good instead of bad.

Makes me wonder where we are headed. 

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Blowing In The Wind

Blowing In The Wind

These red heads stand atop long stems and are swayed while

they stand there just Blowing In The Wind.

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Cactus

Cactus

This is one of those toe like cactus. I don't own one or even know what they are called

but I do like them. The blooms are just an added touch.

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So... I Gained A Little Weight

So I Gained A Little Weight

I painted this horse for the challenge at dailypaintworks

and he ended up looking a little plump...

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Where she was going was here.........