It has been almost a week.......

Where have I been??? Well, many of the teachers in my kids school have been very ill. So I have been subbing..... and I taught a class at Margaret Hluch's studio via "The Muse"..... and I have been prepping my 7 new pieces so that I may dive in when time allows. I carved the above and I am still not sure how I feel about it. I love fish..... I think in another life I could have been a fisherman by trade. You might see this one in an upcoming collage or 2!

It is pizza night/movie night in our house tonight and tomorrow is jam packed with baseball.... so maybe Sunday I can get some creative time in.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Fall and baseball a great combination.....

No pictures to show.... I am working on some new things. I promise that I will load my etsy shop with tons of little goodies for Christmas gifts very soon.

This month has been a bit crazy. I have subbed in the school a bit . Illness is all around at school so I know that my days are numbered as far as having kids home with something. Fall baseball has begun and both boys are playing twice a week ...... the same days but not the same times and location..... makes for interesting nights .

You can smell fall in the air ..... my favorite season. Although 4 years ago at this very time my life was turned upside down when my mother was diagnosed with Cancer...... I still hold this time as a treasure. Her illness brought so much to my life and although we lost her ...... she gave me a great gift in knowing the importance of my life, my family , the time we have right now.

My father passed away last month..... and although he had not been apart of my life for over 15 years..... it was another changing moment. My brother and sisters are now the keepers of our family. We will pass to our children the life lessons, the memories we have of who we are and where we came from ..........

Hold tight those close to you. Listen to the words and treasure the stories . Put it into that box we have inside , lock it tight ...... and never loose the key.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

My desk is clean!!!!

I have finished full filling all of my September shop orders. I can breathe a big sigh of relief and start my October orders ....... now!!! No rest ..... move move move!


This just went off to find a home somewhere in Florida. You can find it at the Humidity Gallery in Tallahassee.

My scanner cuts off all of my work so I wanted to let you see the bottom portion.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

For the birds.....

Sorry , it has been an entire week since my last blog. Sometimes I am really good and post at least 2 or 3 a week......

I have been trying to get some things out to stores..... add school , baseball practice , homework, end of summer activities and a baseball game..... and you have an entire week later .

The world just keeps on spinning and I remain standing still watching all of it go by. Sigh..... tomorrow is but another day.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

A Tree with Friends......

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Here is a new piece I just finished. You can find it in Frederick at " The Muse". I having a million things in the works right now. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed , however I know there is a light coming up ahead. I have noticed that all of my clothes have some kind of glue or paint on them . I need to remember to get an apron . Am I the only messy artist out there?

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

some new work

Here are two new pieces I just finished. The glue is barely dry ( my scanner might need a good cleaning.) These are about 5x7 in size . I am going to post them in my etsy shop until next week. Hope you like them.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Slow goes it......

I have been sloooowly getting some new work finished. I like working on about 5 collages at a time. It does my creative brain good to jump from one project to the next and back again. I have a tendency to get excited about a project.... begin it.... and 1/2 way through I just do not want to look at it anymore. So I guess I am telling you that I should have alot of new work to show you very soon.

Above is another photo manipulation into a negative. I am soooo excited because I have been wanting to incorporate some of my old family photos into my work. I always have issue with using pictures of someone because I feel like...... they did not ask me to do it, and maybe they would rather not have their picture in my artwork. However , if I use the negative image.... it is not as recognizable and it is altered enough that I am not disrespecting them. Does that make sense. I also like using imagery that is not tooo attached to something specific. The couple above translates into an idea rather than specific people.

I am off to get busy.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney