Over the past year, I have read several books on grief. Many of which I would skim over briefly and set aside. They just didn’t speak to me. I had… Read More
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Is all art functional?
This question has been asked for ages and especially at times of economic uncertainty, when communities assess their expenditures and make budget cuts. But time and again, and especially in… Read More
You Do What?
I started painting later in life. I spent the first half of raising 3 daughters as a single mom. My youngest Karen and her baby son Nate moved home with… Read More
Where Ideas Come From – Dalí’s Drawings
By Rebecca Skelton. Salvador Dalí seems to have drawn constantly. Having been a drawing teacher for about 30 years, I think the most interesting way to view the exhibit “Where Ideas Come From – Dalí’s Drawings” is as a cross section of the means of and reasons for drawing…. Read More
Potholes, Past Lives, and Unfinished Work
Most creatives have a million ideas sitting on back-burners in their minds, hoping to one day revisit them. I have what amounts to a series of different photo projects that… Read More
I’m Showing Some 2D Work! Upcoming Group Exhibit at MoM
As part of my ongoing relationship with the Museum of Motherhood (MoM) in Saint Pete, I was contacted by MoM curator, Liliana Beltran, to solicit some of my work for… Read More
Be Your Own DIRECTOR: Self Care Strategies
Being an artist, a creative, a storyteller asks us to be vulnerable, open and honest in ways that most aren’t able. The result that I’ve found in my lived experience,… Read More
the great women artists
If you are a woman artist please put this podcast in your library if you are a male artist please put this podcast in your library. Art enthusiast of any… Read More
Tranquil Reflection: Finding Inner Peace through the Thorns of Life
“Tranquil Reflection: Finding Inner Peace through the Thorns of Life” is the seventh and final piece in my series “Transcendence” created for the 2023 Emerging Artist Exhibition with Creative Pinellas. … Read More
The Seeds of Joy
By Fatemah Tuwainah. I had the honor to meet with Mental Health Counselor Dr. Ladonna Butler, the Founder and Executive Director of The Well for Life – who organized this weekend’s Healing While Black 2023 creative summit … Read More
