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Uniqueness

This topic has been on my mind lately.... I know I will not feel better until I express my thoughts.

Each and everyday I strive to create new, unique, fun, colorful art. Ideas develop at random times... sometimes in the morning while I have coffee, or at night when I can't sleep. Many of my ideas come to me in dreams, I wake up and know exactly what to reach for in the studio each day. There is a silent knowing, a confidence that something more than just my brain is at work here. Like many artists, I feel a very strong connection to the pieces I create. They are a part of me.

The online art world is a cluttered, competitive place. We are greatly influenced by things we see, things we hear. But there is a large difference in my eyes, between being greatly influenced by another artists work and helping yourself to their ideas, their thoughts ~ that piece of them that they put down on a canvas or on paper.

Be yourself. Express yourself. Create from your heart.

Take the time to listen to what is inside of you. Nurture it. Let it guide you. You will feel better when you find your own voice and share it with the world.

Funky Cupid

This is the result of a late night urge to use faux fur and a metal vintage cut out of cupid, while listening to Frank Sinatra. Hey, I never said I wasn't a little weird....... Check out this funky cupid in my Etsy shop here.

Red Hot Handmade Goodness

How about a hand made Valentine gift this year for your sweetie? Like these collage art magnets, $12.

Heart shaped wall pocket, $18.00.

Small round mosaic pottery shard mirror, $48.00.

Super hot ReTRo Salsa Party, vintage tile mosaic mirror, $70.00.

Funky ReTRo Cupid Girl wall art, $35.00.

Ice Storms, Paint Tubes & Hot Coffee

That is pretty much what my January has been so far. A whirlwind of snow, ice and bitter cold. A long overdue reunion between me and my huge drawer of paints. And the consumption of caffeine. All three have helped me get passed one of the worst creative slumps I have ever experienced. A continuous downward spiral since September that had left me feeling uninspired, exhausted and unable to think.

In the past I have learned that forcing myself to create just leads to more frustration. If the inspiration is not there, the desire to glue things down is not there, then I need to let it be. And when that little voice is telling me to pick up my Prismacolor pencils and sketchbook, don't ignore it. Sketch away, scribble, color in. Just get it out. So that is just what I did.

In the end, I created some pieces that may lead to a series of paintings in the near future. I have not made a mosaic in quite some time, but I know that soon enough I will get back into them. Sometimes a break and a switch in mediums is all I need to begin to create on a daily basis again.