As much as I love the spring…there is a part of me that gets overwhelmed this time of year.
I’m sure it has something to do with all the prep that goes into getting everything ready for the Open Studio Tour.
No matter how much I plan ahead and tell myself “don’t take on any extra projects!”…it never works out that way!
“Hey there…vintage kitchen I’m looking at you.” I won’t drone on and on about my extra “plaster project.” Other than to mention…living in a 90 something year old home comes with surprises behind the wallpaper.
But it’s more than that…
I feel this explosion of energy that comes back in the Spring. After months of sleeping in silence the seeds are bursting out of the ground. I find myself going out to the garden. Searching the surface of the rain soaked earth for that microscopic but brilliant spark of green.
It thrills me to try to catch that moment when the rays from a star some 90 million miles away cracks open billions of buds. Stop…think about that. We are spinning around in space and our sun keeps sending us energy. It’s crazy wonderful. It’s ridiculously beautiful and actually impossible to take it all in…even though I can’t stop trying to take great gulps. I feel this great thirst to remember that our world is magical and often good. I try to remember this when the daily doom and gloom get too much…if you know what I mean?
Mini: Enter The Dream
These mixed media encaustic artworks have just that cracking open energy that I’m talking about.
It’s been so intriguing to explore more with the chaos of melting wax. I am especially interested in the micro detail of the pin punch pieces I used in the first layer.
Each piece makes me imagine what you might see in a microscope if you could put a bit of your soul on a glass slide and take look into that mystery.
Mini: Soul Spark
Mini: Pearl Rapture
Mini: Insight Effect
They will all be availble for the Open Studio Tour
May 14th & May 15th
Till then wishing you a wonder filled spring!
“The Easter eggs symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we’ve surrounded ourselves with that limits our thoughts and beliefs. As we break open our hearts and minds we discover a transformation to new, life enhancing thoughts and beliefs.
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