Sardines & The Kelp Forest

"Farmer's Dreaming" This is an abstraction of a typical Sonoma County farm landscape....with the rhythms and atmosphere of 'being there'.

"Shadow Seeing" from the Lake Alpine Women's Journaling & Painting Retreat

Drawing Inspiration

Living in Bodega Bay feels like being on vacation every day! I walk in the sand and sketch or bring my impressions and thoughts back to my studio. Drawing is a language, it's learning to SEE, it adds to our mind's library of images and rhythms for later use.

I will be painting at the Heritage Gallery in Bodega Bay on Sunday, January 29th, 10-5. We're next to Ren Brown, 1785 Hwy 1, right before West Shore Rd going to Bodega Head. 707-875-2976

This is Cut-Up Memory Walk. We take a walk near the cabin for 30 minutes; then, come back and create and write. How we see ourselves in the balance of nature...meadows of rebirth, wind howling through the trees, life in our hands, discarded/useful no more/once valued items intrude in this cycle of life. We see it- do we care enough?

As we play with molding paste on our page, I think about our Talking Stick time last night. The power of words- with courage and wisdom to speak...new found friendships and respect emerge. Positive power coming from the heart. We each share how our personal growth has effected our creative process.

First page in my journal....a tree from the kitchen window...a branch taking root...thunder and dark skies (how can we paint the thunder?)...hail leaving snow-like patches in the morning...trying to find our yoga place in the sun by the lake...