Messy Canvas: Free to embrace the Imperfect and call it an Art

Photo Shoot with Kenzie and Amos

January 21, 2008

Got a chance to take some photos of my sister and her boyfriend today. It was freezing cold outside, but we had a great time hanging out. These were some of their top picks:

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Earrings, Security and Ohio

January 18, 2008

Well, we made it safely from California to Ohio to visit with family for two weeks.

Very surreal to be here. And good. And COLD!

And in case you were wondering big earrings and airport security don’t mix. I totally set off the alarms.

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IF – Stitch Theme, Inspired and Vacation

January 15, 2008

It was her job, afterall, to hold the home together,only sometimes it felt like the threads in her stitching were going to break.
This week at Illustration Friday the theme is “stitch.” I went with a more mixed media approach this week, using pencil, charcoal, acrylic paints, and paper collage in my moleskine sketchbook. I really [...]

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Sketching

January 14, 2008

This is one of those things that I’ve been putting off – drawing.
I have my reasons; none of them are good:
It’s a waste of time.I won’t like what I draw.I don’t have any reason to draw.I spend my time looking at other’s illustrations instead of drawing my own.
So here I am. Trying to get free. [...]

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God’s creations

January 11, 2008

I am most impressed by God when I get out of my own little world and get into His big one. And specifically I mean get into nature.
I fell asleep the other nite staring out at the stars from our bedroom window. It’s been a long time since I’ve had [...]

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Our World…

January 11, 2008

If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s really worth checking out. I think it speaks for itself.

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The Past

January 9, 2008

I scrounged around and found this old article I wrote that had an interview of Kendall Payne. I guess the Uhaul thieves weren’t interested in stealing old teenage Christian magazines because I found a whole little pile of old magazine articles that survived.
But I have another reason for posting this, other than just showing my [...]

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Free. My goals album for 2008.

January 9, 2008

I created, or I should say I am in the process of creating, a personal goal book for 2008. All of the goals pertain to my word for the year: “free.”
On the inside cover I wrote these words: “And this is [...]

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Two GREAT FREEing Quotes

January 8, 2008

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.Your playing small does not [...]

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