Two More!

SavannahTree
WaterTree
I didn't intentionally set out to paint a series of trees. I paint what happens. Looking at them together though, I began to notice what they had in common. It seemed to me that they (the last 4 I've shown you and there are 4 more coming) all have a certain treeness about them. I do love trees, so it's not surprising that what's in my heart, is painted out. Then again, maybe they're not trees. The one I've titled (always subject to change) 'WaterTree' often looks like balloons to me, or seaweed, or an amoeba, or funny people or a big storm.

What do you see?

I'd love a child or writer to be drawn in by this magic and write a short story inspired by this painting.

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Two New Paintings

ReflectiveTree
SufiTree
These two are acrylic on paper 9x9". I think I'll be mounting them onto wood panel boxes. I love painting on paper. Things happen on paper that don't happen on canvas. The trade-off is that then I have to think about mounting and/or framing them.
I hope you like these :) I'm loving this series. There are more to show you soon!

Do you have a Dream Today?

MLK had a dream.
What's your dream? Everybody has a dream.
Welcome to Planet Earth. What's your dream?

Go on! Tell me what you want what you really really want. (sorry, couldn't resist:)
I thought I was well on top of 'what I want' until my beloved 14 year old friend made the above poster and gave it to me, very intentionally. To me, her direct question implied that perhaps there was more to know about 'what I want'. (Plus, do you see that underline? And that big intense question mark?)

So I've been asking more of myself. What is it really, that I'm doing here? What is it really that I want to hitch my heart to? What is it really that I want to give? What is it really that I want to receive? What is it really that I want to create? What is it really that I want to live? What is it really that I want to experience?

I ask. I listen. I let all those answers go. And ask again ... what is it that I really want? As I relax, I sink more deeply beneath each layer. As I do, listening becomes ever more still and scintillating. As I approach the heart of my truth, a melding happens ... wanting begins to dissolve as I become what I am.

Try it. Hitch the heart of your being to what you want, to what you are. In time, it will speak through you into physical expression.

Okay ... too much already? Let's just take it from the top ...

Now the question is put to you.
Delve as deeply into the ocean as you'd like.
Now is the time.
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Cherry Creek Arts Festival!

I'm immensely honored and thrilled to announce that my art was selected to be part of the 20th Anniversary Cherry Creek Arts Festival! The Cherry Creek Arts Festival is a big deal. There were 2250 applicants, of which 230 were selected. Only 27 of those are from Colorado and I'm one of them! There are only 8 of us in my particular category, Emerging Artist!

I'm grateful for this opportunity to show my work and gain some experience in the art of showing and selling my art out in the Big Wide World (not just in the Big Wide Web :) Yipee! Can't wait!
The Festival takes place on the
3rd 4th and 5th of July in Denver.
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Exciting Good News!

Stay Tuned!
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What Will You?

What a sweet Wish Encourager!
(At least that's what I'm calling it!)
Try it out! Be inspired.
Life always begins anew.
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Happy 2010!

Happy New Year.
Happy New Decade.
Full Moon.
Blue Moon.
May all our heart's desires come true!
<3
PS. A Blue Moon is the 2nd Full Moon in a month. It happens rarely. The last one, before our NYE 2009 one, was in 1990. The next one will be in 2028!

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Here's How It Happened

I stacked mySpanish/PortugueseEnglishFrench/EnglishPortuguesedictionaries.
I opened each one to a page at random and wrote down the page number.
I added the individual numbers together (that's the 34). Then I flipped a coin to see if I should keep it a two digit number or reduce it further by adding the two individual numbers together. Best of 3. Heads won. #7. Then I went to my FB FAN page, opened up the list of cool peeps, and counted up to 7 from the bottom. That's how Victor Warring became the WON!

Drumroll Please ...

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To find out how it all happened, scroll UP or click here.

Point Five!

That's TOMORROW morning!Just getting here? That's okay. There's still time. Scroll down to Giveaway to find out what's happenin'!

Win Free Art In 2.5 days!

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Giveaway!

This GIVEAWAY is exclusively for Organic Pink Lady's FACEBOOK Fans; so all you have to do is become my FAN on Facebook and you'll automatically be entered into the drawing!

If you're already into FB, becoming my FAN is an easy way to keep in touch with my blog entries, new art in my portfolio, new art in my shop, contests, photos, projects (I've got lots of them in the works, some of which might involve YOU), giveaways, shows I might attend ETC. BEST of all though, you'll be able to meet and interact with other cool peeps!

Please invite your friends! The more, the merrier. Once you're on my PAGE you can do that easily by clicking on "suggest to friends" just under the profile picture. If you're not on FB, but you have a friend or acquaintance you know would love my art, and to be a part of this fun GIVEAWAY, please send them this link: http://www.facebook.com/organicpinklady. It takes them to my FB page. Or you can use this link http://organicpinklady.blogspot.com/2009/12/giveaway.html and send them to this entry.

Oh Right! Want to know what you might win? Visit my ART SHOP and start deciding! The winner could be YOU! You know, if you wanted to give the gift to someone else, you could do that. I'll even send it to them, if you'd like!

Feeling left out hey-no-fair-just-cuz-i'm-not-on-fb? No worries ... I'm going to have a giveaway for Newsletter Subscribers too. Yes, you can be on FB with me AND sign up for The Newsletter! Why not! More chances of winning that way! And you'll get different news and fun treats anyway!

So WHY am I just giving away art? Because I want to build my online community. Because I seriously want to give something to somebody. That's mostly why I make art in the first place, for you. And also because hey, December is my birthday month and I like December.

Improv Everywhere

I've lost track of the number of times I've had an idea to do something funny and/or silly in public, always prefaced by "If I were an actor I would ..."

Here is a group of peeps, Improv Everywhere, who's really doing it, spreading joy and silliness, nudging people out of their habitual slumber, worldwide. I love the ridiculousness they get up to. Maybe I'll get to join them on "a mission" one day. That's what they call their antics, missions. Below is one of my favorites.


Read details, see photos and watch it again here.

I haven't watched them ALL but I do have a few favorites: Frozen Grand Central, Cell Phone Symphony, Human Mirror, Slo-Mo Home Depot, The Mp3 Experiements ... the list goes on ... endless hours of entertainment!

See if you get a laugh outta yourself. And maybe you'll even find a soft spot in your heart for our fellow humanoids. I certainly have a big SS for us.

Make sure you don't miss The No Pants! Subway Ride to see what seems to be becoming their global signature mission! Maybe you can get in on the action wherever you live!

Bold Beauties! added to the Art Shop

These cards have just been added to Organic Pink Lady's Art Shop. They're even awesomer in person!



Look for these cards, amongst many more, in the Art Shop too! What fun! I hope you like them.I have a friend sending out Thanksgiving cards! What a great idea! Maybe you'd like to, too!

Did you know that

or that
or that
or thatThere are many more interesting facts to learn, accompanied by these funny drawings!Learn Something EverydayWhat a fun design project!

Well Hello Again Summer?!

My potted flowers are trying to bloom again! What a lovely springie feeling in the midst of November. No doubt more of last week is just around the corner though. Well, here's to enjoying it while we can, this whole global warming climate change wackie weather on Planet Earth!

Shroomin' Trip

In my hood lives a knowledgeable enthusiast. He knows all about mushrooms, including where to find what, when, and how. He has taken a few of us on mini field trips to collect them. Since I happened to be in the loop this summer, another neighbor asked me to let her know when the next trip would be. When the time came, this is how I let her know:I quite enjoyed this little invite, so I took a quick photo before delivering it under her wind shield wiper. Truthfully, I don't actually like mushrooms all that much, but it is such wonderfulness to sit in the grass, under massive trees, chatting quietly with friends, while scraping dirt off the spongy things, before plopping them into a canvas bag. And yes, I am talking about mushrooms of the sauteing variety!

Yup. It's official.

Winter!That's the view from my studio window. I'm thinking about a season in the kitchen. A season of music & dancing with friends. A season of painting and making things. Maybe even a season of learning to use my 1970's sewing machine. I really want to learn to make clothes, like costumes! It's already a new year, did you know that? October 22nd was the beginning of the Spiritual New Year. This year is the Year of Creativity and oh baby, I'm excited! Let's do it, make it, sing it, learn it, dream it into this world, this world! The time is now. Want a ride? I have a sleigh! Lets go to the stars for it all! And bring it all the way back here to share!

Doesn't she?

This lady so has a story, doesn't she? Do you see it? Can you hear it? Will you tell it? <3

Have you SEEN this?

Willard Wigan makes art so teeny one needs a microscope to see it! Charlie Chaplin dancing on the end of an eyelash? Yup, that's pretty teeny. The tail, of the elephant made from the fragment of a grain of sand, is a dust particle plucked from the air! Sometimes mere static moves the pieces. Find out what happened to Alice of Wonderland, what he uses as a paintbrush and what he answered when asked if he enjoys what he does! To hear him speak a bit more, about how he works in between heart beats, for example, watch this interview as well. All very amusing and interesting.

Does Nothing exist?

It's a brand new daaay!!

I opened my curtains a little wider this morning, to let the sunlight and warmth shine in deeper. It feels peaceful and vibrant, all at the same time.

So where were YOU yesterday? I was in a ski class! I bowed out, along with another classmate, and caught the "I do solemnly swear" part and the speech. You know it's gotta be super important for me to bow out of my ski class!! The sky was immensely and intensely blue. There was not EVEN a whisper of a breeze.

And today? I'm buzzing with joy, hope and good feelings. Here's to all of our journeys, up the big mountain!

mOOn festival

Isn't it positively dreamy that there is a mOOn festival on this planet? It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month which this year was the 14th of September. On that night, I happened to go out for a stroll in my hood, turned a corner, and was completely awe struck by the mOOn. It was low, immense and superbly full bellied. At the time, I didn't realize that it was the same mOOn being celebrated all over the planet.

The mOOn festival is an East Asian tradition which originated in China, centuries ago. At this time, people gather to gaze at the bright harvest mOOn, sing mOOn poems and eat mOOn cakes & pomeloes together, amongst lanterns. Really! As if the mere idea of the mOOn festival weren't poetry enough.

No wonder the mOOn amazed me more deeply than usual that night. It had been, and was being, infused with our reflection, celebration, awe and love! I hope you have a chance to go for a mOON stroll. Soak up some of those leftover love beams still glowing and reflect some back from your full heart, to all those you love. I'll see you in the mOOn ...

Clutters of Petals

IF's theme of the week is 'clutter'. I guess these petals aren't really clutter. Clutter has a somewhat negative connotation, conjuring up images of disorder and confusion, the objects demoted to junk. These petals are not quite that, but I really want to contribute to IF, so we'll say clutters of petals are like clusters of petals!

Some people have all the talent!

This is highly entertaining. I loved traveling with her! My favorite is the one right at the end. Very clever. You'll see.

Our Popoja ...

Can you see my yogurt in the 'fridge' ?
I'm back! I bowed out to go spend a few days with dear friends. We met in a canyon, in Wyoming, and camped along the banks of the Popo Agie (say poPOja, think Mme Gabor on that last 'ja' part) River! Our days were filled with lots of boulder hopping, waterfalls, lying on rocks, laughing, sleeping under millions of stars, hiking with kids and petroglyphs even! FAB perfection!

Are you seeing umm ...

FACES!
All over the PLACES?
Some people are! Some people see hearts, some people see faces. What have YOU been seeing lately?
I found these on Flickr, a photo sharing site. It's where I house my PORTFOLIO too. You can visit more of these 'found peeps'. Aren't they great?! The watermelon came from here. The tree from here. The iron, (did you even know what that was?!), chair, grater and can came from here. And the mushroom, from here.

When I was perusing the many more photos at the sites linked above, I couldn't quite see the "face" in some of them right away. As I waited, the image seemed to become animated, from an object into a being, right before my very eyes! What a life!

Veronika, Katarina, Giselle & Mariana

Where do you suppose these four are going?! To a picnic tea party in a garden? A walk in the woods? A bici ride along the river? You KNOW they all have baskets on their rides! And joy. And lots of laughter together!

As if it were an Assignment

No matter how late in the season,
late in the day,
late in your life,
Walk outside and water your garden
Deadhead your petunias
Make room for blossoms.

No matter how long you have neglected Life,
days or decades,
Return.
Begin again.
Take the step across the threshold and stay out there for a while,
As if it were an assignment.
Don't come in until the day is done.
This is what I experienced today.