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March: Zoom Ready At Home . . .

02 March in Journal by admin

I am feeling grateful. In all senses of the term. My parents both have undergone full on Covid. My mother was hospitalized mostly because of her Dementia and fairly quickly was released to an after care hotel. The day that she was released from the hospital, my father, was admitted. He developed a lung infection at home. He is still in the hospital gaining strength and starting to walk again as I write....

February: Healing Art . . .

01 February in Journal by admin

January Soul Time . . .

05 January in Journal by admin

For me 2021 is dedicated to the new age that we are in and I feel like connecting close to my soul for guidance. Of course, the arts play a central role in my creation process. Sketching, drawing, painting and sculpture lead me into soul level discoveries level. Messy messy finger painting, scratching through the layers of paints and clay create these surprising results. This intuitive work is initiated from the here and now. . .from a feeling. . .from a color. .. from a movement. . .from a not knowing the end destination. You could say that the juiciest pieces began as bloopers . . . mistakes . . . .and perhaps not the way to create permanent works of art. That's right, these sketches of mine are there to let inspiration rise to the surface. They are intuitive. . .and the more intuitive, the more non result oriented...

December Layers. . .

03 December in Journal by admin

Here in the Northern hemisphere, leaves on the ground are fully layered. The leaves underneath are indeed a bit soggy and generally appearing as a dark brown pigment of substance. Above it we can notice generally yellow, and still intact leaves above that have fallen of the last week. It's gorgeous. It's crisp. Its inviting to walk around and seeing even farther into nature. With the leaves off the trees, we do in fact see farther as the branches frame the landscape right in our view. It all is quite much to follow along, digest and handle.. . and we are approaching the end of the year. For small businesses like my own it's been tough. All the restrictions have kept teams working from home. . .and so it is. ...

November Connect . . .

01 November in Journal by admin

This November, not only are the leaves in the air, but political discussions, elections, relief, post election debates, health, Covid, lockdown, no lockdown, lockdown, masks.. . . It all is quite much to follow along, digest and handle.. . and we are approaching the end of the year. For small businesses like my own it's been tough. All the restrictions have kept teams working from home. . .and so it is. ...

BIG ART

07 October in Journal by admin

Riding my bike in the park is such a wonderland of color these days. I get to experience yellows, oranges, reds and browns along with the greens. Such a gift marking the official change of seasons. Welcome Autumn! (at least in the northern hemisphere). In its becoming of Autumn, nature feels like a gigantic expressive art piece in the making. It's a massive scale performance as these leaves dance around, as they are guided by the wind. This feels to me like the biggest transformative art around. ...

September: Mark Making

01 September in Journal by admin

Swoooosh. .. Summer holidays are over (at least in the northern hemisphere) and back in the office. . .in the new normal so to say. It's clear that these strange times are here to stay. I heard that it takes 2 years for a pandemic. . .epidemic to come and go. . .and it seems like things are staying in the new normal. So . . .I've got a tip to keep the creative flow going at your desk. This is great whether your desk is at home. . .at your studio. . . at your corporate office. . .at the hospital etc. . ....

August: Olives & Goats

01 August in Journal by admin

I hope that you have had, or are enjoying your summer (sorry about this Northern Hemisphere perspective. . . ) I wanted to share some olive tree inspiration that led me into creating a holiday sculpture. It is my intent that this inspires you to create your own art on your holidays and trips. For those in the southern hemisphere, you can apply these tips to your upcoming summer holidays!...

July: Inspirational Futzing . . .

09 July in Journal by admin

I wanted to share another favorite childhood technique. . . playing with glue and sand. Now we can do this with just glue and sand. . .or we can just dye the sand different colors. In a ziplock bag add sand and food coloring until you have the color saturation that you want. Then let it dry. I like to put the colored sand in a spice bottle so that i can choose the stream of flow. In Amsterdam we never had a true lockdown in comparison to our neighboring countries. I fell blessed about this that we were able to take responsibility in taking care and such. I felt that people were quite respectful in giving space, in this case 1.5 meters....

June: Embody Space . . .

01 June in Journal by admin

Here we are in May! It's so weird that time. . .nature just goes on and on. . .when it seems like the rest of the world (as we know it) has been on pause. . . In Amsterdam we never had a true lockdown in comparison to our neighboring countries. I fell blessed about this that we were able to take responsibility in taking care and such. I felt that people were quite respectful in giving space, in this case 1.5 meters....

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