I have taken a little break from painting. Since the heat is preventing the oil paint from sticking to the canvas. So I have decided to heat up the kitchen even more. Below is the latest of my creations. It is a cake call “Reine De Saba”(Queen of Sheba). It was Julia Child’s favorite chocolate […]
Fear Is Not Your Friend Fear has evolved to serve as a device to help protect our survival. The fight or flight theory is to protect us. In adults this mode of protection can become hypersensitive and turn to inhibiting and self-defeating actions. Most people do not have to run away from the tiger hanging […]
Summer weather offers me more time spent sitting on my back porch reading. I thought I would share with you the stack of books I have selected from my shelves for my summer reading enjoyment. Feel free to explore them with me. Let me know what you think and if we share any common choices. […]
Dreams are said to be the path into the soul. My dreams have never been direct or without confusing symbols. Unfortunately I usually wake up just before the good parts begin. Today was no different, I dreamt that I was standing in line at the Post Office. As time the moved forward the line stood […]
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I wanted to post the painting that I just finished to give you a chance to see how my paintings progress. There is a three month span between each photo. But at least you get the idea of my creative process. The painting is a little dark but I […]
Is Facebook and Twitter your Friend? Is social media really anyone’s friend? I have posted on Facebook and I have tweeted. I am guilty! I was content and had made friends with the social media concept. I have done research and learned all that I could. I explored many of the different ideas, philosophies, expectations […]
Learn To Nurture The Artist Within Je m’appelle John-Michael. Je suis un artiste. (I am called John-Michael, I am an artist) For the past four months I have been spending twenty hours a week studying French instead working on my oil painting. I am guilty of not taking the time to nurture the artist within. […]
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This is my first Monday in 16 weeks that I have not had French class instead it was spent going to Home Depot with a very good friend of mine to pick out flowers for my back porch. Then I came home and planted all the flowers that will create my place of solitude for […]
An entire month is almost gone and I don’t remember being part of it that much. Days have become weeks and weeks quickly turn into months… and well you get the idea. I have three more weeks of class. I never thought it would have been this difficult or that I would have been able […]