Bloom True Workshop

Bloom True Workshop...
Happy Paint Party Friday and 
Friday Sneak Peek

Can I just say again...
I LOVE  the BLOOM TRUE workshop I am blessed to be 
a part of!
Week four is all about being BRAVE.

I really appreciate the fact that many artists
hold on to this mantra...and teach about it...  because creating from
inner passion always requires a great amount of
bravery!
I feel like I became a little stuck in my paintings for the class
and didn't quite know how to get unstuck!  The
painting above, while I like it, just isn't me.
It's too tight!  So I was thrilled when our new lesson
demonstrated doing something totally brave with
a painting and just pouring paint over it!
That was all I needed to dive in head first...

Pouring, dripping, wiping and smearing...

the result is exactly what I needed to get back to that

place of freedom in my work!

 Many times, art imitates life.

This week was no exception.  There are things from my

past that I've worked very hard to put behind me and 

 I don't talk about much because, quite frankly,  I'm much more

interested in my future, my art and my life moving forward.

However, every great once in a while part of that

past rears it's ugly head.  This week

I found out that a former stalker is still actively stalking.

And for a quick minute, I felt very stuck. 

Those old feelings of abuse, betrayal and loss of control tried

to paralyze me.  But in about 60 seconds I came back to my 

senses and remembered how far I had come and that 

the stalker, try as he might, can never take my freedom

and happiness away from me again.  

In the same time it took for me to

pour paint over my canvas, I put it out of my mind

and got back to my place of freedom in my life!

My paintings for Bloom True, whatever they turn out like

in the end, will always be a great reminder of this

trying week and that I will never go back into a life

filled with fear and powerlessness!

 After these drips dried, I continued painting bravely all day

and am thrilled to share the results with you...

but that's another post for another day!

The purpose of sharing "frankly" today is not to 

give power to the negative, but to inspire and encourage

and even declare that there is HOPE and a beautiful

future for everyone who will just be BRAVE and 

take hold of it!

Have a brave weekend!!!

xoxo