Ive often said What a world. because.... What a world.

In May, I will be exhibiting work I made in an art gallery with a close friend who is an actual working artist, This is mind-blowing and crazy to think about. It has been so interesting to work through the issues and considerations that have come with this.
Art is just so individual and relative to each of us. and everywhere, literally everywhere. 
​I hope i feel good about this once it is up and out there...in the world. Ive got 53 pieces in it.
Im changing and growing and learning. so that means Im living.
Hope you can come to Beloit Art Center.in Beloit, WI.  in May. 
​what a world!

new work
playing with water
inspired
I love the way black paint or ink looks when touched to a puddle of water. I never tire of watching the patterns and shapes emerge....
​Art holds the world together. x

Again.
Fresh start fresh day fresh year. 
Life has been feeling heavy for me. I am ready to change things.
The quiet winter mornings are my favorite. 
I am making some new art that I really quite like.  and writing a lot. 
perhaps a book. perhaps not.   happy new year.

Hi. Hey, small businesses forever! I love them.... and it makes being a consumer so much more satisfying. Today is something called 'small business Saturday' wherein small independently owned businesses try and get more people to experience them. I've always prefered them to large corporate businesses anyway, Its just better for me. 
And now I have a tiny small biz, so to speak, called Barnwords,
It's not a brick and mortar, but it is a shopping experience. Currently I have product at another small area business, a gorgeous nursery/barn called Northwind perennial farm.
I think small business Saturday is great, but it's not just for Saturdays. Go small!

i love the light coming in and illuminating that little cobweb. <3   

isn't this an interesting thing.? it looks like it could be a whole little world in there.... its actually dried up roots/dahlia tuber, i believe.  i love how it looks. 
things that remind me of other things. 

 I absolutely love how tulips decay.
It is often more beautiful than their actual prime time flowering. I have been drawn to dead and dying flowers for as long as i can recall. I love seed heads and perennials in the late fall and winter...I think they are most lovely just before they die.
Of course, they are not really dead though....just resting.
Imagine if we saw people this way! More attractive in old age than ever! What a world THAT would be.  ha.

How interesting. I've had this Mertensia for years and it's never looked this vibrant and healthy. My tulips have moved around in the ghetto garden as if to say-This is where I want to be.     Home....where I want to be lift me up and turn me round....
 Spring is the most beautiful and exciting time in the midwest. I never tire of it.
and WHY oh why do people spray to kill dandelions?? Why do they not like sweet yellow flowers dotting the lawn?? I am so perplexed by it and will never understand.
Happy beauty from the GG.   (GGs.;)

I've been painting randomly. and by randomly I mean there is no thought out plan, I just sort of do what I feel like. Its quite a freedom, this experience.
​ These are older signs that never sold and I don't love them so time for a makeover! Check the photo gallery for more and let me know if you like them.

every once in awhile I like to look through my bookshelves and randomly pick out a book to peruse. It's a fine way to keep myself acquainted with the fine assortment of reading material in my life. Today I looked at Keep Going by Austin Kleon.  It is one of those books that seems to offer a ton of wise advice and a slew of interesting information/artists, regardless of how many times I read it.
so thank you www.austinkleon.com
​today I make gifts.