Growing one day at a time – Color and Collage challenge #4 4-13-25

by Shawn | April 13, 2025 | art journal, collage paper, mixed Media, stencils, sunday inspiration

Today we are on to our 4th color and collage challenge and it was a fun one!! It had some of my favorite colors to mix and play with and a great inspiration photo from the book we’re working from. The word for this week is grow and it’s perfect.. because...

Follow your inspiration mixed media floral 11-3-24

by Shawn | November 3, 2024 | abstract, collage paper, floral, mixed Media, original art, stencils, sunday inspiration

This week I was experimenting with color palettes for future projects and workshops and was so inspired by the colors that I mixed that I wanted to create with it right away. I was reminded that when inspiration hits in any way… always follow that thread. See...

Summer Concertina and a time to rest 7-14-24

by Shawn | July 14, 2024 | floral, mixed Media, stencils, sunday inspiration, Uncategorized

edToday I’m starting my summer concertina, inspired by all the wonderful things about summer. I’m also inspired by Mary Oliver’s poem – “Who made the world? Who made the swan, and black bear? This grasshopper, I mean, the one who has...

So many possibilities with soft texture and rich color 8-27-23

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...

The wild unknown 3-5-23

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...