Way back in Week 17 of Journal 52, there was a prompt called Rise or Fall that asked the journaler to consider ‘rising up, rising above or rising again’ and there was a bonus for creation of a...

I missed my deadline, again!  Kicker is that I completed my Marlene Dumas inspired work last weekend and never wrote about it.  Bad blogger. Marlene Dumas So this weeks inspiration from Love Art, Happy Life...

This week’s lesson in the Love Art Happy Life was on Gustav Klimt and the task was to do a Klimt-inspired piece as homework.  I continue to recommend this e-course as it is helping me think about art...

Hey there and Happy New Year!  I was scrolling through my email this morning, looking for inspiration and found an email from Journal 52.  Now, as some may recall, I started this art and creativity journey...

I’m not one for having impossible dreams.  I am often intensely practical, though I do have a soft spot for idealist qualities.  Since I’m not a big dreamer, the prompt from Journal 52 to express...

This week’s featured artist on LAHL is Hannah Hoch.  I must admit, at first blush, I was not interested in doing anything with this as I wasn’t really feeling the work.  Respect to her and the...

Time goes so quickly as you get older. As I was conceptualizing this post and thinking back on last year, this all feels like it just happened.  So I Googled. I found a fascinating paper titled, Age Effects in...

Last Monday was the start to the Happy Water Color Course and I had to wait to dig in until the weekend. Technically, I had time, but we know I vegetated in front of the television instead of being creative...