life & art ...

Coyote

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 visitors to our little  cottage garden

have been wonderful (art) inspiration & each spotting is as magical as the first!

It's hard to believe that in a city garden you can have Coyote/Crows/Fox/Owls 

These 4 are painted on wood and embellished with ribbons and trinkets, but I am working on turning the images into cards :-D

Crow

Fox

Owl & leaves from our Maple tree 

making waves

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I always wonder about the origin of the beach glass/mermaid tears I find along the lake.

What was it before it shattered and the water took it for a journey … softened its jagged, broken bits and returned it to the sand?

Looking down at a handful of gathered  coloured glass, rubbing my fingers along them and turning them between my thumb & finger is a walking meditation. Peace & Serenity in my hands.

"What were you, before the water took you by the hand … what lessons did you need to learn before returning to the sand?" 

Walking a new painting into existence.

Last week, along with beach glass,  I found some amazing "talking stones". I refer to them as talking stones as I see very clear images in them that speak to me. They are utterly fascinating... A crow with open beak, polar bear, bird, mouse, a woman … (images can be found on my Instagram). That day I had a very heavy gathering bag :-D

 I have had lots of ideas floating around and have  been happily painting away.

I won't be adding any new pieces to my Etsy shop this month which is on Vacation Mode starting today until November 1st, but  "making waves" will include a few pieces of beach glass with every print.

"we return

 to each other

 in waves.

this is how 

water loves"

~nayyirah waheed~