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Spiraling Path

by Artist Rosemary Allen

My soul’s journey continues to lead me through a spiraling path as I endeavor to embody the natural world through the eyes of an artist. As a naturalist guiding others through our uplands and wetlands in SW Florida, wonder calls my name and I feel that I am a part of the ecosystems that surround me. Local flora and fauna become my neighbors and friends but the memories of old gardens long past often remain with me. My paintings and drawings are an out pouring of these connections that I experience. Guides in all shapes and sizes appear and disappear depending on the seasons and time of day. The flux of this life is intoxicating as is my yearning to express myself through line, shape and form. And, hopefully, that may guide you to the next discovery about yourself. Sometimes I get to a place in a painting where I want to stop because I’m not ready to finish. So I sit with it and go back to drawing parts of the image until the vision for the painting becomes clearer. This is where I find the opportunity for both reflection and for perfecting my techniques. Living my life as an artist means to keep those portals of wonder open for myself and hopefully for others. You never know what work of art will guide you to a nuance in nature that your heart always hoped would be there! As my young niece said when she blew her first dandelion seed head into the air, “I’ve been waiting my whole life to do that!”

Follow Rosemary Allen’s Blog:  http://www.floridagreenbean.blogspot.com/

We affirm our selves as artists and together we create artistic manifestations.  We create abundance around our artwork.  What magical reality would we like to create with our artwork and how will it feel to be living our lives as artists?

Rosemary Allen and Drea Jensen

By Eva Worrell

        I cut my hair because I wanted to help kids who have cancer by giving them my hair.  My hair will become a wig and I feel happy about that.

Join northern California abstract artist Drea Jensen for the unveiling of Virtual Artist Altar: Creating a virtual altar to honor our artist selves within. Her current show entitled Money Honey can be viewed as a part of Arts! Arcata at Café Brio on 791 G Street, January 13, 2012 from 5pm to 9pm.

Drea is an intuitive artist. “Our intention is to use our creativity to create abundance and share our art with the world. When we trust our Money Honey we are empowered, creative beings that are active and our abundance flows. We have what we need to put our work in a sacred place…a virtual gallery.”

Drea began painting in 2002, and her paintings express, acknowledge and celebrate her self expression as an artist, and encourages others to express their unique selves. “In each painting I am committed to creating sacred space, portals into imagination using abstract expression, color and texture. My paintings express an internal landscape that provokes emotions.”

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Point A Showroom

“Here’s to the ability to be creative and professional…how lucky we all are!”

Shop at Drea Jensen Art for the Holidays!

My name is Nya Larson and this is a picture of my teacher Andrea.  I made this picture at home out of pastels.  We do art in our classroom too.

Mandala!

During the week we will create a mandala using an artistic technique that appeals to us and pay attention to how creating this circle ritual feels.  As we meditate on our art, what insights do circles reveal about us and our journey?  Where would we like to invite more sacred space into our life and how does creating mandalas help us create artistic change in our lives?