I'm Sorry I haven't been here...It is no longer about gifts, decorating, spending money, getting presents, and holiday hoopla and shopping hyperbole t

Thank you to all of you who follow my blog. I hope I haven't lost you because of my life distractions. Lately I just haven't had anything to give. I've come to grips with the fact that I've got to accept recent changes, and 2011 is going to be different.

I do hope each and every one of you will join me in the new year. I have come to some serious conclusions, and I want to share one thought with you.

Christmas is no longer about gifts, decorating, spending money, getting presents, and holiday hoopla and shopping hyperbole to me. It’s about taking time out to be close to friends and family, renewing old ties, friendships and relationships. And, it doesn’t matter if Jesus was born on December 25 or not (he wasn’t, most scholars estimate His birthday to be sometime in March). It is a time also to remember a family in Bethlehem who didn’t have a place to stay for the night and a child being born who would turn the world upside down with His Love, His teachings, His wisdom and His giving all so that we may know what it is to truly be a child of God.

I've let the collapse of a business and money problems consume me lately, but when it's all said and done it doesn't matter. The time we have here on earth is all that counts-the people we love and the time we have with each other.

See you in the New Year!
Herbal hugs, Wendy

How I feel about what I paint......

How I feel about what I paint
is infinitely more important to me
than what I paint.
–Noyes Capehart

Our State Magazine, Mar. 2007

In this case I have a passion for our fine feathered friends...geese and roosters are my favorite. Please don't ask me why..I do not know, but I absolutely love painting them...this too is a process.

Picture #2

I struggled with this one. I'm still not sure if I like it, but I am sure that somehow it fits in with this process of relearning and finding what I want my art to say....

Practice makes perfect, as they say.

A pale pink peony is visited by a small Monarch butterfly. Peonies don't need extra decoration being quite lovely in their own right, but this pretty insect adds a special touch, alighting for just a moment before it flutters away.

We've all heard it-"Practice makes perfect".

It's been almost a year since I have posted, and at this point I can claim that as of this day I am a MRSA survivor. There have been 7 surgeries and lots of recouperation, and I am painting, but so far all I have produced is what I would refer to as paintings that are just a practice pieces. Like a musician, a painter must work as often as possible at practicing and staying fresh. Often during this practice a beautiful piece is produced, but often a painting just ends up a mess. A musician doesn’t record every session, and a painter shouldn’t expect every painting to be something that someone should hang on a wall. As in life, it's all a process...........