A glimpse into my altered book

In a perfect world, I would spend hours at a time lost in the 

creative meditational process. No interruptions. No questions to answer. No texts to answer RIGHT NOW!  It would be simple silence. Me my art supplies...people can be there...but they need to be able to entertain themselves. Wasn't that lovely. But hey! Lets face facts. I'm a mom. And I am lucky to be home with my youngest. 

I KNOW this. And that means I work in  five minute increments and sometimes...not at all. I am totally grateful for those five minutes. Sometimes I get a lot done. Sometimes...not so much... but whatever it is I get done...that is progress... as I type this from my phone....the youngest is experimenting with using her hands as spoons to eat apple sauce... umm....yeah...it's like that....

New Faces

I'm not sure where these faces are coming from.....wait...that's not really true...sometimes I just don't really enjoy talking about where my work comes from because it is so personal...that's all..It's that whole "fear of judgement" thing...but the truth is, these faces have been coming up in my drawings for years...decades really...I should dig up some of my really old stuff from middle school, high school, and college...of course, back then, I was doing the dough-eyed girl paintings and drawings...which in retrospect were my way of showing a since of wonder or innocence....these faces...eyes closed...some with flowing hair...some no hair at all and glowing auras are more about turning inward...finding peace...radiating stillness to the world around them...

Altered book collage