by Shawn | February 11, 2024 | abstract, Cards, floral, mixed Media, original art, stencils, sunday inspiration
What started as Valentine’s for my grandkids and family, turned into a journey of exploration. You see anytime that we show up and play something happens. I was creating a background for my valentines and I loved it so much that I could see it being part of...
by Shawn | February 4, 2024 | abstract, art journal, floral, mixed Media, original art, stencils, sunday inspiration
Today’s project was hard to start and then I couldn’t stop! I’ve had this block with creating florals and I decided to just play today… to make a mess. I also found some inspiration from a new to me artist Gorge Galindo. I started in my...
by Shawn | August 27, 2023 | abstract, floral, mixed Media, original art, sunday inspiration
So many possibilities…. that’s the title of this piece and the story of my year of curiosity. Last week’s floral project had a lot of twists and turns, and a few panic moments….but this week I did a deeper dive into what I want to convey in my...
by Shawn | July 23, 2023 | abstract, floral, mixed Media, original art, sunday inspiration
Today’s inspiration for this piece comes from a fantastic book by artist Petra Thölken. She does the most amazing mixed media backgrounds and abstract paintings. My other inspiration was from my favorite, Morgan Harper Nichols. Morgan talks about lessons from...
by Shawn | March 5, 2023 | floral, mixed Media, original art, stencils, sunday inspiration, Uncategorized
I was definitely in the wild unknown when I started putting this together, but I didn’t care. I got a rush of ideas and practically ran to my table… I forgot to put my apron on and got paint all over my clothes (pretty normal for me), but it didn’t...
