Owning the Yummy

Emerging from the Studio in Winter

swampgirl — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:17:39 +0000

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

Art Journaling Night at Women’s Art Circle

swampgirl — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:39:09 +0000

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

swampgirl — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:23:24 +0000

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

I just pre-ordered my copy here.

Teen Art Circle

swampgirl — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:59:46 +0000

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!

swampgirl — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:10:57 +0000

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

swampgirl — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:09:58 +0000

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

I Spy a Star

swampgirl — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:07:46 +0000

Gitchoo some o’ Dat

swampgirl — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:49:06 +0000

Want one of my landscapes?

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

Beach Love

swampgirl — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:27:37 +0000

I grew up on an island where you had to travel no more than 15 miles from north to south to reach a beach. I was there all summer. We had family camping vacations there. It was one of the first places I wanted to drive to when I got my license.

You’d think by now that I’d had my fill.

But, you know, many years later … the beach remains one of the places where I get refilled.

Last weekend, I found a new beach that I fell in love with.

Dear Oguncuit,

I’ll be back this summer.

Love,

Moe

From the “In My Wildest Dreams” department …

swampgirl — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:15:05 +0000

I never imagined that my art would be in a show.

But, yup, it happened.

Woohooo!!!!!!!!

Read about it here.

(Thank you, Susan, for making it happen).

(Thanks Mom, Dad & dear husband for coming with).