Girl & Dog … hiking in NJ

So, turns out there’s an amazingly beautiful place to hike minutes from my house, called Six Mile Run. 

I went last Thursday with Ria, my sweet rescue mutt from this place Tennessee (that’s a plug … go check out their site … they do flippin’ good work). We didn’t see another soul for hours, and I actually startled myself when I spoke to Ria the first time.

I got my daily dose of green, with a rusty old Saab mixed in (you see that tree growing out the trunk?). We went off trail to head back after a few hours and ran across this little dead fox. After a tiny wave of sadness and horror, I felt amazed to see this beautiful creature up close.

Is there a place by your house that you suddenly discovered that you never knew existed?

Feeling Groovy

 

Rockin' and Complete and Sitting in all my creative power!

Rockin’ and whole and sitting in all my creative power!

Emerging from the Studio in Winter

"I Love You in Every Language" by Maureen Clancy. Mixed media on wood panel, 11x16. 2012.

Art Journaling Night at Women’s Art Circle

 

I am really psyched about the next Women’s Art Circle, coming up on Wednesday, February 1st. We are going to explore Art Journaling, one of my most favorite art-making things to do! 

I’ve got brand-spanking new blank journals all ready to hand out, along with stamps, glitter, gel pens, markers, paper ephemera, magazines, etc. And up there’s a page from one of my own art journals.

It’s 7-9 pm in Downtown Somerville, NJ. All materials are included for $20. Messiness is encouraged! Register at Art Circle Project.

Meanwhile, check out these for Art Journaling inspiration:

Art Journal Page on Tumblr

Kelley Luckett

Danny Gregory

Dawn DeVries Sokol

 

 

Art Lab for Kids

I cannot wait to get my hands on this book by my friend, Susan.

I just pre-ordered my copy here.

Teen Art Circle

I’ve cooked up something cool over at my other site.

It’s a 4-week Art Journaling thing for teens — that’s part art therapy and part play.

Check out me stumbling through learning how to make my first video announcement ever! Woohoo!

Press here to whisk yourself over there.

I loved you, 2011!

I took my two nieces and nephew on a walk to the end of Long Island on the North Fork earlier this week, near my parents’s house.

It was windy and wild where the Sound met the bay and the ocean. I loved watching their faces as they took it all in.

 

I love spending time with them and every other beautiful being in my family.

It feeds my insides with what’s essential.

It’s been an amazing year of yummy. Ria, above, joined our family from the Horsecreek Animal Refuge. I had my first and second art shows. I played with Misty Mawn. I consulted with Hiro Boga.

I giggled with Jodi, Susanna, Meera, Rose, Joe, Anu, Paula, Meg — my friends where I live.

Something else that I did all year was truly seismic, though.

I listened to intuition — my inner knowing — whenever it told me something, however it told me something … without fail.

 

 

Wishing You Yummy

Santa Claus by William Holbrook Beard. Oil on canvas. 1862. at RISD Museum in Providence, RI.

I Spy a Star

Gitchoo some o’ Dat

Want one of my landscapes?

Susan, fabulous owner, goddess and artist who runs artstream, has them for sale here.