my stitched series continues
finding the time to create art every day is challenging but i am making it more of a priority
this piece sold before i was even done with it
she now lives in phoenix arizona
happy ARTsy wednesday friends!!
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2020”
Lilian
on a dog walk during a sunny but very cold winter day
happy monday friends!
nothing too eventful to report about life this past week
it was a really cold one (around 18 degrees every morning) so it was spent mostly in the house and in the car running errands
by thursday S.A.D. was definitely hitting me hard and winter had already gotten the best of me
same shit every year/winter, right?
happy friday friends
a visit to the asheville art museum since its big renovation/reopening
really cold but pretty sunrises
speaking of cold mornings…
rainbows
stitching, stitching, stitching…
said farewell to this one and sent her off to her new home
ronda memories
the most tropical yet completely unnatural breakfast for freezing weather
i’m going to continue to cheer for spring
a sunny corner
a reading corner
sunset
st. pete memories
stitched seven and eight
i have finished this series for now
i do want to start painting again
so then i can start stitching again
happy ARTsy wednesday friends!
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2019”
Lilian
post school, pre art class
every tuesday
for four years now
happy monday friends
is it spring yet?
just kidding (not really)
although i can’t complain too much about winter due to the warm weather we had this week, i’m still going to because we are in the thick of it aren’t we?
and well, winter just depresses me
it’s cold, dark, the trees are bare, there are no flowers, no color… it’s the total opposite of who i am and what i love
but you all know this already
no need to rant about it
happy friday friends!
this past holiday season was a busy one. there was the nutcracker
a girls night out
a little party to put together the music list for new year’s eve
christmas in west virginia
sadly as of three years ago his passing is also part of christmas (and as of this past christmas, his sister’s passing as well)
a trip to st pete florida
new year’s eve
new year’s day
a playdate with an old friend
naps
a visit to winter lights at the arboretum and a farewell to the holiday season
we went to see the movie cats
new year cleansing
back to school
back to ballet
what our wednesdays look like post school, pre gymnastics
my high school friend sent me books he no longer wanted but knew i would love and cherish
new green baby hanging
where i spend most of my days
the beginning of a new art adventure and the sick chronicles
already cheering for spring (sorry not sorry winter)
last week when i was sick as can be and could only maneuver between the bed and the couch, i was trying to get as much rest as possible but also feeling extremely anxious and guilty that a new year had begun and that i had done nothing creative yet
so i decided to grab the box of embroidery yarn that we have had for years and start stitching over the small acrylic paintings i had recently done
it was an easy and clean way to be in bed but to be doing something at the same time
the process of stitching, mending, joining together and building on what is already there came accidentally but it’s exactly how twenty twenty was supposed to start for me
on a personal level and on a creative level
happy ARTsy wednesday friends!
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week every week, in twenty twenty”
Lilian
sunday morning after waking telling me about her dream
she may be ten years old with the attitude of a sixteen year old at times but every morning after she finishes her breakfast, she walks around the dining room table, and sits on my lap for cuddles before she goes upstairs to get ready for school
it is something she has done for a long time now and something i hope she will continue to do no matter how old or how big she will be
happy monday friends
two years ago (now three years ago) i decided to spend my birthday in los angeles california with one of my oldest girlfriends Connie
this year (now last year) i decided to spend it in st pete florida with my other oldest girlfriend K
sometimes the mom guilt still tries to take over and keep me from doing and going places without my family but when it comes to birthday, spending it somewhere warm, tropical, in the sunshine, with palm trees and near the ocean is my preferred way to spend it
it’s not surprising
i was born in angola, luanda
a warm and tropical place by the sea
happy friday friends!
ps- i’ve been sick all week. sicker than i have been since i had the flu three years ago. so much so that i was convinced that i had the flu again. or pneumonia. so i went to the doctor yesterday. i have neither. i have a nasty virus that is going around that is taking forever to leave. stay healthy!
arrival cocktails
my kind of wall. and floors
the best breakfast i could have asked for on my last day as a 46 year old
a wonderful and unexpected beach day
that last dip of the decade
a pre birthday sunset
birthday breakfast. happy 47 to me
47
color. always color
until next time st pete. i kind of love you….
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2020”
Lilian
it’s back to school today after a much needed long winter break
it was a good one
also, a new year, a new fifty two project
i’m not going to beat myself up if i post a phone picture (which this is)
the goal is to capture her growth
and to be consistent
happy monday friends
