Dearly Beloved

...just doing

the best

i can

Fallible

fallible

no armor is infallible

especially mine

Delusions of Grandeur

i don't have delusions of grandeur

but...i do think

 being bipolar 

contributes to my self esteem

or lack of....

and how i feel about my art

...as if i have a

choice

Necessity Is The Mother of Invention...

.....at least for those of us

with empty pockets

spent my afternoon making stamps

for gelli printing

$15 for one at artfoamie

is out of my budget

and quiet frankly

that price hurts my 

feeling...

I'm Done Adulting

play day

painted out magazine parts

with white paint

added the figure and writing

then faeries

outlines

doodles

 

used these

with acrylic paints

simple woman

doesn't take much

to make me

hApPy

 

Harvest Moon

 

Whoooo Are You?

 who are you

who who

who who

Call Me Red

call me red

yep...that's me

Sisters

sisters

i never had one

feel sure i wouldn't have

been a good one

most days i don't feel like

a good anything

Now We Know

my youngest daughter lives in

a very rural part of Clover, SC

she checked out a wifi hotspot

from the library and these are

the networks that pulled up

someone near her has an

awesome sense of humor!

Herd

we all need a herd

where we are welcomed back

no matter how often

or far

 we roam

Geesh......

so... was one journal enough

nooooo... my bipolar a$$ had to have three!

these two are a full size and a mini

covered in a heavy cardstock paper

that will be used just for fun

the third one is also a mini

but will be a more serious 

journal...  i'm covering it in canvas

so i can paint the cover

i spent some time in my studio 

pulling out and organizing my

paints/stamps & markers

think i'm ready to roll

Altered Magazine Journal

(image by sonya batten)

  used my captivity by hurricane florence

to make a couple of altered magazine journals

the mini one is two magazines cut in half

and bound...the larger one just two bound

can't decide if i want to cover them in

brown craft paper or canvas

leaning towards the cloth

saw this idea on youtube by

dede willingham...awesome idea

not starting with a blank page

existing color palette 

collage

paint

ink

journal

ready to get my

creative mojo on!

Hunkering Down

camping gear ready

hunkering down

getting ready 

to spit into

the wind

All In The Mind

yes.....

Mercy

"a dark cloud is no sign that the sun

has lost its light

and dark black convictions are no

arguments that god has laid aside

his mercy"

i my darkest hours i find comfort 

in that mercy

The Wonky Donkey

i am a such a fan

of kid's books!

900,000

This..........

900,000

beyond my comprehension

Set Me Free......

when....

The Edge of Lost

there are days when i feel

i am just a number on the edge

of lost....