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Abstract: Hot Springs

The impetus for my creative burst over the past year was a desire to paint abstract acrylics. Today I feel like there has been progress made to this end. Through this journey, I have learned a lot, created a...

Habits: Why do we break good ones?

In October of 2014 I went with my parents to an AMBA (Annual Multiphasic Blood Analysis) Wellness Event to take part in the yearly blood screening.  These clinics are held once per year, usually put on by...

Journal 52: Purple, Dilemmas and Tomatoes

Week 18 of Journal 52 asked us to be inspired by purple in honor of Prince.  It’s not that I didn’t really like Prince or think that he didn’t deserve honors, but I felt awkward about it and...

Podcasts: My Brother, My Brother and Me (MBMBAM)

So this week I dive down the Max Fun rabbit hole and take a listen to another of the podcasts on the network, MBMBAM! I first heard of this podcast while listening to Sawbones as Justin is one half of the...

LAHL: Egon Schiele and My Issues with Nudes

This week’s inspiration on Love Art, Happy Life comes from the short-lived artist Egon Schiele.  I love the way the guest instructor, Roxanne Coble, gives some context to Schiele and his work through...

Public Speaking and a New Painting

Last night I completed my second ‘major’ public speaking event. When I took my promotion three years ago, I knew there would be a community education component, but I never anticipated I would be...

LAHL: Chagall

It’s been a tough week and I’m trying to get inspired to write about Chagall and reflect on the Love Art, Happy Life assignment, but it’s honestly not coming to me. So, this post will be...

Pickles: Deli Dill’s

“Seriously, are you making more pickles!?!”  That was the question asked this morning when A.D. saw the crock on the kitchen counter and the mason jars in a neat line. “I am not making more...