Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 19

A Peek at Marjolein...


One of my Marjolein nooks...

Suzanne, from All kinds of everything...
sent me the most wonderful note with links
to a museum and video clips about
Marjolein Bastin!
Be sure to welcome Suzanne into the
fun world of blogging... her art looks beautiful!

Marjolein Bastin links for you to enjoy...
Thank you, Suzanne!
Tekeningen van Marjolein Bastin
Noordbrabants Museum

Sunday, January 11

Creative Refill...

Through the holidays my studio space
had become a collect-all.
I have spent the better part of this week tossing,
organizing and finding things I thought were lost!
Now it is clean.
I'm ready to begin new collections.
But first...
I'm going to take time to visit a favorite friend.
Beatrix Potter


These are three of my favorite books...
I'm not much of a reader~
I prefer to design, sketch & garden...craft, movies...


But Beatrix is a treasure...




Miss Potter is a FANTASTIC movie...
Cozy pj's, warm tea...cookies to nibble~
Keep a few tissues nearby.


DK Series books are full of visuals...
We must have 20 or more by now in different subjects.



Such a fun peek into her life & work.




Such creative costumes!
Another of my favorite movies...Finding Neverland.
Again...keep the tissues handy.



In the movie, I love how her little friends
come to life from time to time...


An artist's joy~
To bring the ordinary to life in a different way...

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday afternoon!

Tuesday, December 30

Artist to Artist Interview by Diane Knott...


My dear friend & FANTASTIC artist...
Diane Knott
Interviewed me on her blog!
Please click on her name to read the interview.
If you peek in her older posts she has
interviewed several wonderful artists~

I'm sure her blog will become
one of your favorites!

Tuesday, November 18

Late Fall Snow...

The ground is covered this morning...

When it snows this time of year~
The golden field grasses still fluffy here n' there...
Lanes with puddles reflecting an early winter sky...
I miss my childhood home~

Images by my kindergarten art teacher
W. Ralph Murray
Remind me of home...

The above image is his hand...please visit his site!

Monday, November 17

Okay, I Admit it...


I've been tagged to list 15 things that I'm
not afraid to admit...we'll go for fun this time!
From when I was a child...
Debra from Sparrowgrass had a great list!

1. As a young adventurer...
I LOVED playing in the dry dump.
I took old "stuff" and made homes
for forest animals & birds...
A few~ with critters came home at night!

2. As a young adventurer...
There was NO time
to run home & take a potty break~
So...thank you, God...for thick shrubs
and soft leaves!

3. As a young adventurer...
I LOVED going into abandoned houses.
I cleaned them & made the critters meals.
Pretended they were my own home.

4. As a young adventurer...
I loved to get lost in corn fields & forests.
I would find old coins, keys, nails, plate chips...

5. As a young adventurer...
Our basement was mud & water at times~
I would catch newts & frogs...
***sigh***
Yes! I had to make them at home!

6. As a young adventurer...
I would snap the traps so the mice
could get away.

7. As a young adventurer...
I would empty the poison bait
in the trash &
fill the box with grain.
Oh MY!

8. As a young adventurer...
I would do my best to make the bull mad.
I just LOVED when the cows got out!

9. As a young adventurer...
I didn't fall in the pond by accident!

10. As a young adventurer...
I didn't fall in the creek by accident!

11. As a young adventurer...
I DID fall in the manure pit by accident!

12. As a young adventurer...
I didn't mean to take the tractor apart
and not be able to put it right.
Great learning experience!

13. As a young adventurer...
I did use an entire box of roofing nails
to build a bookshelf.
A very small bookshelf.
I had no books.

14. As a young adventurer...
I loved to climb trees.
I fell out of many~
But thought a house in a tree
would be a possibility some day!

15. As a young adventurer...
Before I knew God.
I would climb the highest hill and
yell as loud as I could~
Each and every hope I wanted to come true!

Yep.
Tomboy!

Happy Monday, Friends!
Hope I shared a smile....
Michelle

Saturday, October 11

Samples Arrived...


Universal Designs did such a FANTASTIC
job with these! They are such nice quality~


These are just a few of the
collections they have designed
with my paintings!


I have seen some of these products in our local
Christian book stores...


I hope to be partnered with them for
YEARS & YEARS to come...
This company is in Florida...
Products are made & printed in USA~
:)