art

I used to sing in my church choir when I was a teenager. It was less about the church and more about the community and having fun sharing in song. This past quarter I enrolled in South Seattle Community College’s community choir. Felt like a fun thing to do. Our ‘Mostly Messiah’ concert will be […]

I’ve been painting and writing all weekend and am reminded of the powerful work of The Artist’s Way for letting my inner artist have permission to emerge years and years ago. Enjoy! I am a channel for creativity, and my work comes to good. My dreams come from an unlimited source and its from this […]

Holes Of Happiness is a short documentary looking at the reactions of the public to some pothole gardens that have been popping up around East London It’s guerrilla art gone native! Will give you a good smile for the day and possibly some creative ideas for what you can bring to your city to help […]

What an amazing performance by the dance troupe Pilobolus. It’s a theatrical take on shadow puppets. Photo credit

What is meaningful art? Why do we need it? I’ve heard it said that the creation of art is what truly makes us human. I suppose it’s subjective to the observer and creator. But I’d have to put my opinion in and say it is a work that sparks deep appreciation for the talent, training […]

Leave it to one’s creativity to come up with a fun and sometimes challenging project like painting the chakras. It started with an urge to get back into painting, then a trip to the art store (that just happened to be having a half-off sale on a set of 7 canvases and primary colors), finding […]

A pinprick of light through the door, Sparkling amber dot in the darkness, Allowing a view to the outside world. Or is it a view into the inside? Who is looking at who? Why don’t I open the door? Safe inside my room. Safe from having to explore. Contained in the familiar. But the light […]

After a life-threatening cancer diagnosis from her doctor, a Kansas woman realized the fragility of life and began painting the sunrise each morning. The talented artist working in pastels now has a visual diary of the expansive prairie sky that started one morning in 2005 and continues almost unabated through the present day. (WATCH the […]

Last night I went to a live figure drawing session of models in the nude. Now, I can sketch flowers and landscapes with relative ease and flow. The human form, in it’s bareness, wow, now that is a big challenge. The sketches I did are merely attempts, now worth of a blog post. And I’m […]

Yesterday, teaching and diving into Insight Reiki all day helped to release the statement “The Heart of Art”. My heart feels filled with light today. For those unfamiliar with Insight Reiki, it is a technique I developed which combines mindful conversation and observations into the Reiki session to release blocks and facilitate insight. It is […]

My intention was to draw Elliot Bay at dusk. The park was empty and quiet. And then five chatty women suddenly showed up and stood right in front of my view. They talked in a hyper manner, their conversation seeming to go nowhere. I was dedicated to sketching the scene, but I didn’t want to […]

Last night another drawing session took me into the magical realms of fairytale. The child spirit of the woman I was sketching started to come through and I ‘saw’ her as a pixie of the garden. What’s so curious about this exploration into live figure drawing is the inspiration that happens when you are beginning […]

There is nothing more fun than doing art with other artists. I had the opportunity to do some sketching while the men I know, my domestic partner and his son jammed some impromptu jazz. It was pretty darn cool. Beatniks eat your heart out! Todd, Richard’s son, is a 19 year old coming of age […]

So lately I’ve started sketching with charcoal. Spurred on by last’s week’s venture into live figure drawing, I’ve kept up the practice each day. Like blogging each day, I might not feel ‘in the mood’ to engage, but I still show up on the page. I find that taking half an hour to sketch, really […]

For those that are interested, Seattle has live figure drawing just about every day of the week. Schedules can be found on http://www.seattlefiguredrawing.com. Last night I attended a live figure drawing class, my third over this year as part of my continued exploration in visual arts. I’ve taken art intensives over the years, but a […]

Northridge boy, 12, curates major art show – LA Daily News.

The Reiki Digest is having a call for Reiki Artists. The deadline is tomorrow, so get your pieces in to be considered! I’ve been doing various paintings throughout the years, this last one, ‘Across the Universe’ is 6’x4′ cardboard with acrylic and will be our display for the upcoming Bothell Awesome August Kid’s Day outreach […]

Today is the first Artist’s Lounge of many at the Reiki Sanctuary. It’s often a challenge to find time for that inner artist, and often fears come out about ‘not being worthy’ to devote the space to let your muse shine. The Artist’s Lounge is just for such a purpose. Come out and play! But […]