366 Days of Art

abstract art

  • Happy World Art Day!

    Today was World Art Day. In honor of the day I tried to pay more attention to my surroundings with an artist’s eye, taking in the details of my surroundings. I observed the way the dew drops on the grass… Continue reading

  • A break from the series

    Today we finally had a break from the rain of the last several days. It was a pleasure to see the sun, although I can’t enjoy it as fully as I could if I wasn’t afraid of the bright sunlight… Continue reading

  • Rainy day, a second painting in the orange ink series

    After the Tulip painting I made last week with the orange brush pen ink sketch , I decided I’d like to do more in that style. So today I decided to paint some crocus blooms in that style. My crocuses… Continue reading

  • Art field trip and pottery studio

    Today my daughter and I took a trip down to Toledo to visit the Caravaggio exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art before it closes this weekend. While we were there we also checked out the Marisol Retrospective, which I… Continue reading

  • Snowy spring day inspires me

    Today’s snowy spring day had me thinking about that line tulip bloom I photographed yesterday. Hundreds of buds and only one was brave enough to bloom into this crazy world at this crazy time. Then is had hail yesterday and… Continue reading

  • Cold and rainy spring day

    My son is home from school this week, but so far our weather hasn’t been great for playing outside. He is a very energetic six year old and I woke this morning with a terrible headache. Luckily my sweet son… Continue reading

  • Weird dreams yield weird art

    Last night I had some pretty strange dreams. They weren’t nightmares or particularly bad dreams, but certainly bizarre. I can’t remember too much details from them except for the fact that in every single dream last night there was this… Continue reading

  • Rough day in a rough week

    On the heels of yesterday’s bad news about my kids school closing, we found out today that my mother-in-law’s cancer is back. There is a lot of uncertainty right now, so I decided that I would try and capture some… Continue reading

  • Abstract Cityscape

    Today I felt like playing with strong vertical lines. I free hand my lines so they at not perfect, and I am too impatient to measure anything out so my reflections are just eyeballed. Once again, I was attempting to… Continue reading

  • Farscape inspired abstract for the 25th Anniversary

    Twenty five years ago today, I tuned in to the Premiere episode of Farscape. I was hooked from that very first episode. It has been fun introducing this amazing show to friends and family. My youngest son is the next… Continue reading