Adventures
My second annual (soon to be biannual) Total Alignment retreat was this past Thursday, October 4 through Sunday, October 7. FEARLESS Painters from all over the world gathered together at the Creative Life Center in Sedona, Arizona for an extended weekend of FEARLESS Painting, hiking, sisterhood, and yummy delicious food. There is an incredible energy of healing and love that surfaces when women gather together. But when women gather together as FEARLESS Painters–all sharing the same values of painting as spiritual practice–magic happens as well. Add the beautiful medicine of Sedona, Arizona to the mix and everything is intensified. Love.…
CONTINUE READINGAcrylic paint on vellum bristol. 14″ x 17″. Yesterday I dropped everything and went to Sedona, Arizona to celebrate the Summer Solstice with my paintbrush! It was a beautiful day there. Hot, but still beautiful. Acrylic paint on vellum bristol. 17″ x 14″. I decided before even leaving my home that I would paint using a limited palette. Lately I’ve been daydreaming of Picasso’s La Vie painting that I spoke about HERE yesterday–and I’ve been trying to challenge myself Artistically. So I limited my palette to the following colors: Titanium White Mars Black Phthalocyanine Blue (my favorite) Ultramarine Blue Primary…
CONTINUE READINGToday is Hansel’s Birthday!!! I thought I’d celebrate with a little classic Connie & Hansel photo spree! Here’s a little taste of our lives together so far… we’ve been together for almost eight years! The early years…also known as one long party. The Costa Rica LOVEn. The Costa Rica travelin’. Moments before we left our home in Ohio to drive across the USA to Arizona. (The reason Hansel and I look nervous to touch each other is because I had freaking chicken pox at age 30!) Camping in the middle of nowhere during a major monsoon rain storm. (We were…
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