Thursday, February 21 2013

Lucky

No Comments Topic: Art Inspired, Life

That is how I feel right now!    From October 9-13, 2013 I will be teaching at LUCKY STAR ART CAMP. Lucky Star is a sleepaway camp for women being held in the hill country of Texas. More than just an art retreat, this camp is designed to inspire connection, creativity, and whole living values. Just wait until you see the variety of class offerings being rolled out tomorrow!

The best way to find out the most up-to-date information about Lucky Star is to subscribe to the Lucky Star Newsletter (click on the image below and follow the link for the newsletter). Also, just by signing up for the newsletter, you are entered into a drawing for FREE TUITION to the camp!

I have been going to creative retreats for most of my adult life, and I can tell you that treating yourself in this way is one of the most fun, fulfilling, out of the box, meet cool people, make cool things, experiences you can give yourself.

Lucky Star is going to be special and worth every effort to get there!

Thursday, January 12 2012

Lighting Faces

No Comments Topic: Art Inspired

(from an artist’s studio in Asheville, NC)

I am pondering the connection between drawing portraits and taking portraits.  Light source is everything in both processes.  That may seem simple or obvious, but to me, it is a connection that is driving the way I LOOK AT everything right now.  I notice shadows I didn’t see before.  A light source in a particular place, at a particular time of day, will inspire me to grab my camera and shoot…just to take advantage of that moment of light.  As I wandered through a few artist’s studios in Asheville a few weeks ago, I fell in love with this portrait wall.  These portraits were drawn of local homeless people.  The artist is going to sell them to raise money for the local shelter.  I was drawn to the point of view of each page.  The way the light had to be hitting the subject.  I thought they were just beautiful.