Just to Stress it a Little Further . . .

Just to Stress it a Little Further . . .


Stressing it a 'lil further . . . Soooo . . . What was that third piece of artwork, that I discussed in the  last blog entry, that I recently created in my studio?

Preparing for the Summer as Well as Next Year

Preparing for the Summer as Well as Next Year

Thursday my two girls (twins) graduated from Pre-K. I'm so proud of them! They will be attending big girl school and entering kindergarten in September.

Their younger sister will also be attending school in the Fall.

Where have I been?

 Where have I been?

Wow! It's been nearly six months since I've last written on this blog!

Don't worry. I've been fine. Nothing too major has happened to me. I've just been taking some time off to rest, relax, and to enjoy my blessings. I've had some really tough years with my illness, schizophrenia, and although I have many blessings around me, I had rarely gotten the chance to enjoy them because of having been so tormented and tortured by voices. There were many an occasion as to where I was forced to listen to the voices, not being able to turn them off, like a radio or a television, blasting in my ears. I have no control over the volume, or the "on" and "off" button. As a result I have had many a sleepless night in the past few years, but things are finally looking up for me and my family!

I still continue to hear the voices everyday, but lately there have been more good days than bad days. So that's a plus.

What's Stopping Me?

What's Stopping Me?

Yep, it has been more than ten years since I’ve painted. But why?

Well, after I left RISD (Rhode Island School of Design, my first college) in the spring of 2000, I applied to RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) in the Fall of 2001 and was accepted. (For those of you who do not know I left RISD on account of my first paranoid schizophrenic episode).

Umm . . . Maybe 8"x8" Instead

Umm . . . Maybe 8"x8" Instead

Just bought 5 canvases in order to get started with my 60 paintings in 60 days for $60.00 project. But I won't be doing 6"x6", as recently discussed in my last blog post. Instead, I will be doing 8"x8". I decided to go with 8"x8" because the 6" x 6" canvases just seemed so dinky and so small. And they were cute, but I think that my collectors, those who purchase my art work, would much rather prefer an 8"x8" original than a 6"x6" one. In my opinion, it just makes for better a better painting.

60 paintings in 60 days? . . . Maybe . . . Guess We'll See.

60 paintings in 60 days? . . . Maybe . . . Guess We'll See. 

I read a really great article the other day in which an artist dedicated 100 days to do 100 6”x6” paintings (that is, one painting each day) which sold for $100.00 each. It was a really cool article and I felt so inspired. I would really love doing something like that—but a ‘lil different–something like 60 6”x6” inch paintings in 60 days for $60.00

But I am the proud mother of three beautiful little girls and unfortunately quiet time—free and uninterrupted—is hard to come by.

Now , the girls go to bed sometime around 8:00 p.m. every night. So, I suppose that I could put them to bed then and quickly rush to start painting every night. I tend to go to bed around 12:00 a.m., so that would give me exactly four hours to complete each painting.

Just one quick note tonight . . .

Just one quick note tonight . . .

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