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VROOM
It’s her birthday
She tells you she is this many
And she holds up four fingers.
She is so very excited because
Today, you see,
Bright
And shiny
And red,
She got her first set of wheels
Three if you’re counting.
She places herself carefully on the seat
Gets an arm wrestler’s hold on the grips
Places her feet strategically on the pedals
And off she goes
Traveling from 0 to 3.2 in 5 seconds
Her braids flying straight back behind her
Her puppy chasing with tongue lolling
She is feeling the need
The need
For speed
VROOM
VROOM VROOM

Zentangled Hands.  Can you tell which are mine and which are Heidi's?

Zentangle Practice pieces

These are some of the zentangle practice pieces I have done since taking the class from Sandhya Manne CZT.  This is an addictive artform and definitely allows for meditation.

DIVERSITY OF TEXAS 16 x 20 Acrylic 3 Dimesional on canvas board

This Piece is on display for the Membership Show at The Plano Centre until the end of February 2012.  The theme is "What I Love About Texas"

My description that went along with this piece is ... From the High Plains to the Alamo; from the Rio Grande to the Gulf Coast, the diversity of TEXAS will keep you busy.  I first came to TEXAS 20 years ago for a training class.  For three weeks, the class learned insurance by day and Tex-Mex cuisine by night.  I had never tasted better.  It wasn’t until 2003 that I finally moved here with a native Texan and began to enjoy all the wonders of TEXAS.  I’ve been to the beaches on the Gulf Coast, to the caverns near San Antonio.  I have visited the Hill Country vicariously through the stories of a friend who goes there every year for an artist’s retreat.  Ahhhh the diversity of TEXAS, mountains, beaches, desert, cactus, caverns, guacamole and Cowboys – what more could you want.

 

Warrior 4x4 Ink on canvas

This is another piece roaming in the PAA Art Gives Back mobile art display for Plano Libraries.  Any of these beautiful art pieces created by the members of Plano Art Association are available for sale.  Part of the price is donated to the Library where the display is located.  Support your Library and your local artist by purchasing one of these fine pieces.

Firewheels 16 x 20 Acrylic on canvas

Universe - 8x10 3 Dimentional Acrylic on canvas board

This piece was on display for the Art Show at Center for Spiritual Living SOLD

The Tree 4x4 Acrylic on canvas

The Tree - touring with the PAA Plano Library Mobile Display for Art Gives Back

Visit for this and more http://www.planoartassociation.com/art-news/art-gives-back/

The Bird 4x4 Acrylic Mixed Media on canvas

The Bird - touring with the PAA Plano Library Mobile Display for Art Gives Back

Doorway to Atlantis 16x20 Acrylic on Canvas

SkyRider - Acrylic Mixed media on 16x20 canvas

SkyRider - SOLD
Recently shown at the Classic BMW Art Show by Plano Art Association. 

Breathe - Acrylic Mixed media on 4x4 canvas

BREATHE

4x4 Painting touring with the Plano Art Association "Art Gives Back" mobile display board traveling the Plano Libraries

CSL Artist of the Month Show - July 2010

The second month of showing my art in the Center for Spiritual Living foyer. I switched some out and did some re-arranging. Still, for me, a very successful showing.

DIVERSITY 16x20 Oil on Canvas

This is the painting that started me into my second attempt at becoming a professional artist. I have always loved the abstract painting that could be anything to the eyes of the beholder. My journey in this world of abstracts has been an amazing trek into a world ruled by color, brush and pallet knife.

UNDERGROUND CAVERN 8x20 Acrylic on Paper

Stalactites and stalagmites – have you ever been spelunking? Does the idea of being a mile underground creep you out? Try it and be amazed at the beautiful sculptures created by dripping water. Here in Texas, you can even attend an amazing world flute and brass bowl concert down in the depths of mother earth.

This is the foyer gallery display at CSL Dallas(Center for Spiritual Living). My very first art show. I am the "Artist of the Month" for both June and July. Getting lots of "oooos" and "ahhhhs" from most of the viewers. Some even saying that the display makes them happy when they see it. There is even the possibility of a couple of sales. WoooHoooo!

SOM TEACHING SYMBOL 16x20 Acrylic on Canvas

The SCIENCE OF MIND TEACHING SYMBOL, designed by Ernest Holmes, symbolizes the creative process in God and in the individual. Its literal definition is “The descent of Spirit, through Law, into form.”
The circles of which there is usually one incorporated around the symbol contain the “trinity” of life.

OUT OF THE BOX 8x10 Acrylic on Canvas

The box represents obligations and the list of things you have to get done. Allow yourself lazy days of just lying around and doing nothing in particular. Perhaps create paintings.
Get OUT OF THE BOX and relax.

ANTIQUE TRUCK 8x10 Acrylic on Canvas sold


Look in the back of an old car repair shop in a back roads town and find the old truck that Grampa drove when he carried Grandma to the picture show. It's a little rusted and banged up but the memories are still there.
SOLD

LONG JOURNEY HOME 16x20 Acrylic on Canvas

I was born and raised 5 minutes from the ocean in New England. Seagulls were everywhere and I believed they belonged to the ocean. When I moved to Nashville, I was surprised and delighted to see them. When I moved to Plano TX, I was amazed and delighted to see them. As I watch them fly or perch on top of a post, I am taken back to playing in the waves, building sand castles, clam bakes under the sand and the sounds and smells of the ocean. They take me on a LONG JOURNEY HOME.

TALL FLOWERS 7.5x20 Acrylic on Paper

It's Spring. Flowers are everywhere. Just look along the sides of the road as you travel and see the beauty of the season.

WHITEWASH 8x10 Acrylic on Canvas

This one is my new favorite. Another "paint over" with the texture showing through from underneath.

FLOWERS 8x10 Acrylic on Canvas

Learning and trying new things is GOOD. I painted the flowers, didn't like the way they looked so I painted over them. They were still there so I outlined them and liked it. I'm having fun and really enjoying the outcome.

MOONLIGHT 8x10 Acrylic on Canvas

It's been a while. I have a new job and have been very busy learning and very tired when I get home. Getting ready for a Trunk Show in June (more details to follow). And....waiting very impatiently to find out if I have been accepted for my very first art show in Dallas. I'll let you know.

ASCENDING 21x39 Acrylic on Wood Vaneer It is often a challenge to pull yourself up out of the bad places in your life. And if you are the person who is trying to pull others up, your ascention is twice as hard. You need to realize that not everyone who comes into your life is here for you to save. Rise above the clouds and journey to new and unexplored planets.
Release the fear.
You are brave.

UP AND AWAY 2 11x15 Acrylic on paper
This is the result of a painting "play date" with a good friend and fellow artist.

EARTHLY GUIDES 15x20 Oil on Paper We all walk our paths on this earth together, yet we are separated by bodies that don't allow us to feel the connection with each other easily. We come in contact with many souls who are at different levels of enlightenment. In this painting, the souls are represented in their varying levels using color. Most of us use the imagery of dark to light to symbolize the bad or good times in our lives. Therefore, the most troubled souls in this painting are Black, those filled with anger are Red, and the White ones represent the souls who recognize that the way to Light, Higher Energy, God or Spirit is through Love. And if we're lucky...we will realize the white ones are there to guide the rest of us on our journey.

UP AND AWAY 11x14 Acrylic on Paper

New style. I have been studying different artists and differents ways to express myself. This is a beginning of a new way.

GAZING 16x20 Oil on Canvas It wasn't until I set this one up on a stand to find it's name that I noticed the woman on the right side gazing up at the red sunset. I am always pleasantly surprised and amazed at how many times I experience "happy accidents" in my creative endeavors.

TRANSITIONS 16x20 Acrylic on Canvas At Church, the minister talked about one of the beloved members who had "transitioned." It took me a minute to realize she was saying the woman had passed away. According to Wikipedia, the transition state of a chemical reaction is a particular configuration along the reaction coordinate. It is defined as the state corresponding to the highest energy along this reaction coordinate. Therefore, when we transition, we move to the state corresponding to our Highest Energy, Light, Love, God.