Summer for an artist/educator/counselor is a time to kick back, breathe deeply and create, create, create! Sometimes my paintings well up from deep within and seem to splash onto the canvas like ocean waves. I tend to complete most paintings in one day and often in one marathon sitting (sometimes stretching into the wee hours of the morning). Then the creative energy ebbs, like the sea, until another creative wave comes crashing in.

     The beach always recharges my soul and energize...

 

   Most grandparents have absolutely acute vision when it comes to “recognizing wonder.”  The note card/ painting, Sandy, focuses on a small child, deeply engrossed in pouring the ocean into an old tin bucket.  How charming a theme for this Gram Artist!  It didn’t matter to Sandy that her oversized sweat shirt was borrowed from an older cousin.  This painting depicts the child completely joyful and fully fascinated by a simple pouring shell and a well worn pail.

     Creating the wea...