Artists are wonderous. They transmute the world As It Is to As It Could Be, the alchemy of Ordinary turned Extraordinary by simply daring to dream.

Your mind, Artist, is a gift. Be giving.

"The Eye of the Storm", December 2024, modeled by Jimmie Parten

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The very first week I started making art I remembering saying, "I want my art to be a light in the dark."

I still do.

"Hope is the thing with feathers" - Emily Dickinson

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all.

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Sometimes I make art I deem a failure. Sometimes I make art I deem a failure and others disagree. Sometimes they disagree so much, the work gets turned into an exhibition.

Welcome to HAPPY ACCIDENTS, a new show debuting at The JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, where I share prints of works I either deemed a failure when I created them, or that came about in unexpected ways...

Sort of like trying to hit a bullseye, then accidentally aiming so far to the left you hit something else entirely, but that thing ends up being...well, kind of wonderful.

I will be at the opening. Please join me at the JoAnne Artman Gallery on October 3rd from 4-6pm at 346 N Pacific Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651.
See you there to celebrate our happy accidents!

"Surging Tides" on display.

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Day 5/30 for the Creative July challenge.

Out at dawn to shoot, thinking a lot lately about the cages we put ourselves in and how to break free from them. For me, it's easier when it's someone else trying to trap me. But when you have to acknowledge the ways you hold yourself back? Well. That's where today's image came from.

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Day 4 of 30.

I shot this incredibly fast. The light was cresting over the mountain and through the field, and I thought this was a huge failure. I didn't want to edit it. But I did, and it surprised me by coming together quickly and beautifully. Just goes to show - making the effort is almost always worth it.

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