Dreama's Daily Paintings and Writings

"Spilling Out in France"

2012-02-22T21:00:00.012-05:00

"Spilling Out in France"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

I love the way color, flowers, sunshine and the like can just "spill" out. Like a glass filled to overflowing--it has to go somewhere.

And as spills go, if it's sunshine, flowers, color and the like--France is a great place for it to happen:))!

As promised, the closing chapter in the Atlanta 2012 workshop saga:))

Gary and Aileen Byrd graciously opened their home and hearts to our artist group for our evening get togethers (but really, what else could they do. Leslie is there sister--and you know how hard it can be to tell family no--especially when they're as cute as Leslie;)

Our days were spent in spacious surroundings that is home to many workshops in Atlanta!

Leslie Saeta getting underway with a lesson on color mixing and values:)) She wields a mean palette knife!!

Dottie and Dottie....per my last blog post reference to dots being connected.

In case you're wondering, they are as mischievous as they look.

Must be something to do with the name...

Just a "snapshot"of some of the paintings from the artists on the second day!

And our beautiful group of artists (you too Garry!) in no particular order:))

Brenda, Virginia, Kathleen, Dottie, Suzette, Karen, Mary, Joyce, Wende, Dinah, Connie, Pat, Sharon, Denise, Durinda, Leslie, Jacklyn, Donna, Paula, Dottie, Carolyn, Judy, Linda, Marie, Connie, Robin, Tommye, Sharon, Christine, Theresa, Nancy, Elise, Garry, Raji, and Becky.

Art workshops bring out the best people and the best in people. Artists are a curious lot, ever growing, ever seeking to see things in a new way. They are open, generous to a fault, and lovers of life.

I consider it an extraordinary honor to be able to share what I have learned thus far with folks like these:))

Thank you to all the artists that made Atlanta 2012 GREAT!

"Monday in Italy"

2012-02-20T21:00:00.035-05:00

"Monday in Italy"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

Monday has long been tied to laundry day.

It can also be the day a workshop begins:))

In my case, it was both.

I "did the laundry" and it was the first day of the Atlanta workshop with fellow artist and friend, Leslie Saeta!

35 painters from all across the US,

Texas to Florida,

Kansas to New York,

gathered in for 5 days of painting, motivation, marketing, eating and laughter:)!

Can I just tell you-- there was an abundance of all of the above:))

Garry held his own , Dot's were connected, and PHD's abounded.

New friendships were made, and new (in) roads too;)

And I was not alone in my hanging of the laundry:)))

The first day of the workshop yielded some fine paintings!

Then came the dinners...

Smoked salmon, grilled chicken, great salads, lasagnas, blueberry cobblers and of course we nibbled on something chocolate ...we had to celebrate Valentine's Day properly;))!

Relaxing afer dinner conversations drew everyone closer together, as stories of where we had been and where we hoped to go with our art flowed.

Too much to cover in just one blog post, so stay tuned for the final episode of Atlanta 2012, complete with smiling faces of all the great artists that attended!!

P.S. Pasadena, CA Workshop/2012 with Leslie and myself has space in it for you! Read about the upcoming 5 Day Oil Painting workshop by clicking here.

"Priceless Books and Friends"

2012-02-16T21:22:00.062-05:00

Priceless

I am so grateful for the people in my life. When I think about them, it brings home again what the real beauty and meaning in everything we do is about.
It is not about who gets the most marbles in their bag.

(Note: I have been losing mine for years so I have never been very good at that game:))

True people enrich our lives in ways that neither we or they even begin to know. That feeling of love and acceptance is as necessary to thriving in life as good food, sunshine and air.

For every true person one has in their life, it is like having a check with a blank space to be filled in for abundance.

Those true connections are what is behind, underneath, between and above all the other "stuff" we fill our lives with in our headlong rush to success.

Those feelings of making it and proving ourselves are already there in the eyes of true friends.

It's like they see into us and know what we don't yet realize--

that we are

priceless:)))

Happy Note: I received, on the same day, two beautiful books from two true friends who don't know each other---but probably should:))
Thank you Lynda and Faye
You are rich additions to my life:))

The books above are The French Cat and One Thousand Gifts. In true fashion, I am trying to read both at once....I get a little crazy when it comes to books:))
I figured you might want to join me, so I added them to the store---just click here:)))

P.S. I am in Atlanta finishing up a wonderful workshop--will post details in my next post. It has been a very FULL week:))) with lots of painting, meeting fantastic artists, cooking and eating:))) -- with my wonderful co-host and artist friend, Leslie Saeta!

"Sabbath Song Sunflower" SOLD

2012-02-13T21:00:00.003-05:00

"Sabbath Song Sunflower"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

"Perhaps when I started loving my life

it began loving me back."

"Free Eddie" SOLD

2012-02-07T23:04:00.003-05:00

"Free Eddie"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

Auction Style Format

Fund Raiser (Click to Bid) for PAWS Animal Shelter

Go big or go home.
That is all I have heard from Eddie this week.
I was going to do my usual 8 x 8in size of him for the fund raiser but
one would think this was his idea by the way he's been acting and not from the mind of Phyllis to save his furry butt from Santa's wrath.

Never mind the "Fine Print" attitude we all endured when he signed away his modeling fees--now that he is getting all the glory for "helping the little people"--- he has been flaunting his fur around the house for days, padding back and forth, trying out different "staging" scenarios for the portrait. And slinging out the go big or go home mantra.

When I informed him I was bigger than him and I was already home.....he intimated that he had been having digestive problems of late and that a hair ball or two might just turn up somewhere really unpleasant.

What can I say...I caved.

So there you have it.
A 12 x 12 of Eddie the Cat, free of modeling fees and hairballs.
Hence the title, Free Eddie

The auction will go for 7 days and ends on Valentine's Day at 9 PM EST. All proceeds from the auction style sale will be donated to the Paris Animal Shelter (P.A.W.S.)

Please Note: It is worth mentioning that Eddie himself was adopted from an animal shelter (click here for story) . Please know that like most TV weight loss commercials, Eddie does not represent typical results....THANK GOODNESS:))) There are wonderful animals adopted out every day from shelters everywhere and this money will help keep that act of love in motion:))

Click to Bid

"Running Wild"

2012-02-03T16:00:00.000-05:00

"Hidden"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

Running Wild

“It takes strength to be still when others rush. It takes courage to go against the stream....” ~Leo Babauta

Boy, is that the truth!

The frantic pace at which life’s current seems to be running, one almost feels compelled to start running with the troop, even when you are not sure why they are running or where they are running too---we’re just afraid we may be left behind if we don’t get our feet to shufflin’!

We are, after all, part of the human Race--yikes, is that a Freudian slip or what:)!*?

Creating in stillness, the path for yourself --- therein lies the real magic.

It is then that you run with purpose, with Knowing, with love.

Resist the urge to run for the sake of running. Let your feet find their rhythm matched to the Stillness within.

“Practice stillness, and the stillness becomes a canvas upon which you can paint the masterpiece of your life.”

~Leo Babauta

"Hidden", in France

"Back to a Weird State of Normal"

2012-02-01T19:36:00.000-05:00

Just arrived last night from Marco Island. A few items somehow turned up in my luggage. In my defense, they had tagged them with words like..."Life is Good" and "Live life enjoy color"

they may as well of said-- take me, I'm yours:)))

Live Life Enjoy Color

SMILE (It's Contagious)

I returned home with:

Wet Paintings

Overweight luggage:))

Key Lime Pie on my breath

Sea shells

Sand dust on more than a few things

Some errant lizards (those in the workshop know what I'm talking about:))

A thicker journal

Priceless memories of:

Dinner --at the Sanborn house. On the menu? Laughter, love, joy, and the world's best key lime pie!!!

Women-- who shared the workshop experience, whose faces I saw full of hope, wisdom, readiness, love, and all manner of amazing things (when you have the rare privilege to stand before a group, always take it--it's amazing the beauty you will see from that vantage point)

Skies---daybreak, raining, dusk, and midnight, all one of a kind canvases for my viewing pleasure

Quietness---early morning, late at night-- the vastness of the ocean and the skies beckoned

"be still my soul"

I am, for the moment, back home.

Back to my studio

My bed

My Kentucky sky

And Eddie

Which means, things are back too

A weird state of normal:)))

Please Note: I will be posting shortly the painting of Eddie that will be sold auction style with all proceeds going to the PAWS animal shelter.

The auction will end, appropriately, on February 14,

Valentine's Day!

"Island Workshop/ 3 Days in 2:22 minutes!

2012-01-29T17:58:00.000-05:00

Please Note: If workshop video does not appear, click here

There are so many ways to say fun, joy, sunshine, smiles.

Today I am choosing just one.

Artists:)))!!

How do you spell Fun???
Sandy, Linda, Starr, Joanne, Dottie, Marjorie, Mohndera, Mary, Lyn
Vicki, Leigh, Laura, Joyce, Nancy, Amy, Rebecca, Mary Anne, and Janet!!!

I never get over the thrill of seeing how quickly beautiful art can happen. These artists came open minded and ready to take on the challenges of learning how someone else (me:) goes about making a painting.

And as you can see---they were up to the challenge!

And no workshop is complete without a round of musical easels:)))

18 paintings in 40 minutes!

I missed getting photographs of the very last works they did-- you will just have to trust me when I say-- there were beautiful ocean scenes, cats, dogs, sunflowers and more!

My three days with this group of talented artists went by oh so fast. I am one happy gal indeed-- just count it up...

Painting

Artists full of life, talent and joy

Balmy weather

All by the ocean:))

*The fresh lobster and homemade key lime pie hasn't hurt either....but I will save that for another post:)))

P.S. I think we will be back next year, same time, same place---stay tuned if you'd like to join us!!

"A Window to Joy" SOLD

2012-01-26T20:36:00.002-05:00

"A Window to Joy"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

An open window in France, a petite "jardin in a box" and some golden rays of sunshine. Either way your lookin'--in or out---it pretty much says JOY:)!!

P.S. What you can't "see" is the smell of fresh crepes, strawberries and real whipped cream wafting out the window.....:))

As promised, some beautiful paintings from the Marco Island Workshop gals! I wish you could see them (both the artists and the paintings) in person. So many smiles and so much laughter--the enthusiasm is visible in the artists and their art!!

Wait 'til you see the paintings they cranked out today!! Photos of those and the artists in tomorrow's post:))))))

Beautiful Paintings from Day 1/Marco Island Workshop!!

"Cherry Kisses and Postcard Skies" SOLD

2012-01-25T21:00:00.002-05:00

"Cherry Kisses"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

Transparent colors, women from Denver to Louisiana, Virginia to Venice, sunshine, umbrella shaded lunches, 18 fresh and vibrant paintings--and many, many smiles.

First Day of the Marco Island Workshop went by way too fast!!

Photos to follow tomorrow...stay tuned:)) They created some beautiful pieces today!

Post Card Skies

Confessions.

I have slept on the couch every night since arrival, with the patio doors open wide,

(the better to hear the ocean's sweet music)

The sky has been more than kind

dropping a couple of stars on the first night

An extravagant starry postcard last eve, framed in my doorway

And this evening

A tiny sliver of moon hanging out with a gorgeous evening star.

What a show is put on for us each and every day

All we have to do

Look Up:))

"Island Time"

2012-01-24T11:41:00.031-05:00

1st Morning in Marco Island

And this is why we love the ocean.

For it's many moods

for the peace we feel washing in on every wave:))

My workshop, first one of the year, kicks off in less than 24 hours here in Marco Island!

'Til then, I am delighting in a newly discovered book Color and Light and dark French roast coffee.

And some serious nap time:)))

Eddie would be proud.

P.S. The chair is empty on purpose. Waiting for you to slide into. Enjoy:)!

P.S.S. My latest newsletter has lots of fun stuff in it. If you missed it, you can see it by clicking here! When 2013 workshops are announced, they will be announced first in my newsletter, just one of the perks for those who are subscribed!

"Eddie's Chair" SOLD

2012-01-23T21:00:00.003-05:00

"Eddie's Chair"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

Eddie is a cat of many possessions. Most have been purchased by me and discarded by him.

It seems to be based loosely on how much I am hoping he will like it.

There was the sheepskin rug that he fairly levitated over when I tried to place him on it.

Discarded.

Then there was the $50 drinking fountain for cats with a filter because he wouldn't drink out of his water bowl.

Discarded.

(He's been known to take a sip or two from a commode, but heaven forbid he drink from a filtered fountain....)

And of course I had to get him the motorized mouse with spinning fish on a line.

Discarded.

I could go on, but you get the drift.

Thankfully, I never intended for him to use the above chair.

I just needed an excuse to buy a chair in periwinkle blue.

So I told myself, "This is for Eddie!"

I was so pleased when he, of course, said "No."

The geraniums love it:)))

"Taking Credit"

2012-01-19T20:28:00.004-05:00

"Italiana Entrata Gated"

6 x6 oil on museum quality panel/SOLD

Available as a Fine Art Print/Click Here

Taking Credit

When beauty is birthed from us, be it in words, paintings, a look, a song, a touch

We inherently know we cannot take credit for it

It comes, as a friend once told me,

From a place beyond the ordinary.

When praise is offered, we are almost embarrassed to mutter thanks--it so feels like taking credit when someone else did most of the work--but then, there it is.

The “help” is unseen to the naked eye--can’t very well gesture to it and say--they helped:))

The thing that seems most relevant in the making of beauty is the fact that when the idea presented itself

we said yes.

Without the yes, the work most certainly would not have been born.

So there it is.

The greatest of works,

symphonies--those finished and “unfinished”

the statue of David,

songs that touch the very core of our being,

the vision of Walt Disney and his castles,

your work

my work

all began with one thing in common

When the idea presented itself

Somewhere

someone

said

Yes

A simple thing to take credit for---the courage of a yes:))

In Other News:

Artist Barbara Lowry was one of the winners for my giveaway and has selected (Eddie was so thrilled) "Made in the Shade", one of the prints in the Eddie and Phyllis Series. Yeah Barbara!! Check your email--I still have one more winner to check in!

Just added a new page to my blog called Articles for Artists (there's one at the moment and it's a good one if you have been trying to decide if you should have your art online:))

To read, just click here.

"The Fine Print" SOLD

2012-01-17T22:18:00.002-05:00

"The Fine Print"

6 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

Just SOLD/Available in Print/Click Here

The cliff hanger is finally over. It has taken all this time to piece the story together.

I knew Eddie had managed to pull something off when I spied a whole pile of gifts for him under the tree on Christmas morning.

Here's the skinny on it.

Evidently Phyllis, with the help of Eddie's manager Chumley, finagled a last minute deal with Santa.

I'm not sure who's idea it was--but for once Eddie is actually doing something for someone other than his furry self.

He has waived all modeling fees on the next painting of himself and has agreed for the money to go to the PAWS animal shelter right here in Paris.

Obviously signed the papers under duress, from the look on his face:))

Now that the press has gotten hold of this,
in true Eddie fashion, he's insisting that this was his idea and how thrilled he is to be helping all those poor, ugly, homeless, toothless, cats down at the shelter (can we just say no one has ever accused Eddie of having a tactful bone in his body...AND he seems to somehow "forget" that I found him at the pound)....thanking, as it were, all the "little people". I'm wondering if he's referring to Phyllis or just the fact that he views everyone other than himself as "the little people".

So here's the deal--the very next painting of Eddie will be placed up for auction style purchase with all of the proceeds going to PAWS.

Eddie is already bragging on how much he figures folks will pay for a portrait of him. I told him I would guess at least 50 cents which put him into a real tail spin. Couldn't resist:))

Please Note: This is No. 22 in the "Eddie and Phyllis Series". The entire collection can be viewed by clicking here.

In Other News!
Just drew winners for my monthly giveaway for Nov, Dec--so check you inbox....you may just be the winner:)) Winners will have their choice between The Artist's Toolbox (Digital Version) or their choice of a petite print from Dreama's Print Shop. Congrats!!! To be eligible, be sure and sign up to receive my blog and newsletter--it keeps you perpetually entered for the my monthly giveaway!

"A French State of Mind" SOLD

2012-01-15T19:00:00.001-05:00

"A French State of Mind"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

You don't need a lot of time,
five minutes will do.

You can, by simply closing your eyes, leave home without ever leaving your chair.

You can feel the sun on your back and the breeze stir your hair

as you amble along.

You can breathe deep and try to discern all the scents carried on the air--maybe a mix of strong coffee tinged with roses.

You don't have to walk fast nor far.

You don't have to walk at all.

You can choose to lean against the old stone building, now heated up from the morning sun.

You can simply breathe into this moment, this space in time.

It is yours to create,

inside,

and to be with whomever you want--or no one at all.

How delicious is this body, heart and soul that we have,

which allows us to transport ourselves to anywhere,

just by the closing of our eyes.

Please Note: Just for the fun of it, I have added to the side bar of my blog, a new word a day in French--just click to hear the word--maybe we can get Frenchified together:))))

(If you rec'd this as email, please visit my blog at http://dreamatolleperry.blogspot.com/ to learn the new word for today:)

"Art, Family, and All That Jazz"

2012-01-13T21:00:00.006-05:00

Some things just get better as the years roll by. Take my sister Rhonda....please.

Kidding!! That's she and I in the photo above--pre Eddie days:))

As a kid, riding along with her in the back seat of the car, I can see her yet--face leaned against the glass, humming to herself, tapping her foot, wrapped up in a world all her own.

Today, to my delight, I get a humble little email in my box containing a recording demo....

More tapping and humming--this time accompanied by guitarist Jeremy Tolle.
Recorded by Thomas Skidmore.

Vocals by, of course, my sis, Rhonda Tolle Beaman.

My sis and her sons make me happy-- I am thrilled to share their gifts with you:))

Like all great things...they are each, one of kind.

Hit play...I think you're gonna like it.

(If video doesn't appear in your email, just click here)

P.S. I had to create a video for the music, so it's a free trip to Italy and France by way of my paintings;) No passport needed. Many of the images featured have been made into fine art prints, available at Dreama's Print Shop (click here).

P.S.S. Two spots have just opened up at my workshop in Whidbey Island, WA in March. I only have a few spaces left for the whole year, so if you would like to paint with me this year, contact Cary Jurriaans. To read more about it, click here.

"Don't Think Outside the Box"

2012-01-09T21:00:00.003-05:00

We all have boxes. Boxes can be useful, as demonstrated here by Eddie.

As we grow, our boxes stay with us, but usually don't grow.

Eddie demonstrates the big thing in a little box problem

I don't know about you, but my thinking becomes constrained in this box style of living. I keep trying to make ideas work inside the box that I have been living (and growing) in. Without even realizing that I am doing it, I try to take new inspirations and cram them into old school thinking---and for reasons as obvious as Eddie's over sized butt trying to situate itself in that little black box, it doesn't work too well.

I came across a new idea that I fell in love with and wanted to share with you, pertaining to, of course, THE BOX.

What we need is a complete revolution. Not just a timid move of "thinking outside the box"--heck, that's for pussies (sorry Ed)

How about,

you and I,

GET RID OF THE DANG BOX!

Now THAT'S an idea we can live and grow with:))))

Eddie demonstrates the JOY of a boxless existence....

Please Note: Boxed thinking is so familiar, we may not realize we are inhibiting our own dreams with this. What boxes do you have on your shelf?

Mine have included the

1) I am too old and started way to late box

2) People expect me to do this and will be disappointed if I don't box

3) My religion would never approve of this box

4) My idea is different than everyone else's, therefore it MUST be wrong box

5) This is too easy and feels way to natural so it must be wrong since it isn't grueling hard box

Well, garbage day is Wednesday around here. If you happen to be in the neighborhood don't be surprised if you see the lid on my "Herbie" flopping in the breeze due to all the boxes spilling out of it.

A box free life.

Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about:))))))

News Just In--Two spots have opened up in my March workshop at Whidbey Island, WA. If you have been thinking you wanna come paint with me---this is the perfect time--I am full up in my workshops for 2012 with the exception of two spots in Jacksonville, FL in Oct. For more info, just click here!

"Where to Look for Joy"

2012-01-06T00:34:00.001-05:00

"Joy"

30 x 24in on museum quality panel, framed
$2,260

Where to Look for Joy

Does it exist inside or outside ourselves?

Can we choose it or does it simply overtake us?

Is it in things, experiences, relationships?

Like a good mystery, the answers are there for each of us.

It is the clues we must uncover.

When do we experience joy?

In real laughter?

In breathtaking moments of nature revealed?

The beauty of birth or the experience of true love?

It is, no doubt, unique to each of us.

The “when” provides some clues, but not the answer.

Who experiences joy?

The youngster or the oldster?

The academically educated or the one educated by life?

The rich and powerful or the poor and powerless?

Or all of the stages between the aforesaid?

It would appear that everyone does--

Even Victor Frankl, survivor of the Nazi death camps, spoke of finding joy in the oddest of things---as in hearing the news that the particular camp he had come to was small and therefore had no gas ovens.

So again some clues, but not the answer.

How do we experience joy?

Can we arrange for it to happen?

Can it be timed or measured?

Is there a little joy as compared to a big joy or is there simply JOY?

It would appear that weighing joy is right up there with weighing thoughts---no scale has been created for it---It’s small enough to fit inside us and yet too big to measure.

Clues and more clues, but not the answer.

This last question maybe gives the most clues yet..

What is joy?

It is

wordless

present

heart bursting

brimming eyes

breathless

laughter

smiles

energy

solo

group

It is everything we know about good and goodness and light rolled into one undefinable moment

Perhaps with these clues you can begin looking in your own life as to when these moments arise, clues as to where your joy might be found.

For me it is

orchids blooming

Eddie sleeping in the sun

a furry fat cardinal in the middle of winter

the waves on the seashore, Pacific or Atlantic

long hair left on the sink by my daughter, now back home in LA

hot bath for a tired body

remembering my Dad’s voice when he called my name

time taken to sit in stillness

The truth is, joy exists in every crevice and corner of our lives.

It is within and without.

We both look for it and at times,
it overtakes us when we are looking elsewhere:))

It comes with us a birth and follows us to our grave.

Be we rich or poor, better or worse, it will hunt us down--
showing up at the most unexpected moments.

Never to be measured,

in countless ways

JOY runs ‘long side us on the trail--

Where to look for joy?

Maybe the clues point not so much at the “where to” but more the question that Life asks of us

“Where do you look for joy?”

Everywhere, in every situation, in every person, in all that comes to us

For it is not a question of where is it,

But a choice of seeing that it is already here.

The painting "Joy" has it scripted in at least two places, one of which is in the out take above. Can you see it:))??

"A Little Indulgence" SOLD

2012-01-04T23:24:00.021-05:00

"A Little Indulgence"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

A little indulgence is good for the soul.

Eating Cherry Cordial Kisses

Purchasing the Lavender and Pacific Breeze bath salts at Whole Foods

($4 buys a lot:)))

And dreaming myself to French cafes and back.

That's how I get through the after the holidays I won't see my daughter 'til summer now we're in January with short days and cold weather doldrums.

Care to join me??

"You are hereby now granted full permission to indulge yourself, given by the Order of What in the Heck Are You Waiting On."

Grab a book, a kiss, and some daydreams.

It's gonna be a good day!

"A Year to Live!"

2011-12-30T11:00:00.003-05:00

"Venice Reflected"

Now Available in Print, Click to View!

A Year to Live!

"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist."

~Jack London

Exercise is good for us--we know this.

It creates

flexibility,

stamina,

and maybe best of all--can be energizing!

Energy to live our lives in a full out fashion.

Exercises of the mind can do the same.

Imagine that we had one year

of harmonious,

peaceful,

pain-free living

left

and we had to work during this time

(not run around the world running up our credit cards:))

--what would we do?

It's an interesting exercise to take on--

Making a list of what you would do--

And making a list of what your life would be like if you continued in "business as usual".

Then compare the two.

I'm interested to hear what reveals itself to you from the exercise:))

"Give up the desire to survive, so you can know the ecstasy of thriving."

~Chin-Ning Chu

Note: The above "exercise" is from "Do Less, Achieve More" by Chin-Ning Chu--a book I am currently enjoying:))!

And a special creation for you--

To inspire

Because when you walk in the path that is yours alone

You will bring hope to people

and to places you may never know

For you are on important business

The MOST important business of your life

To do that which really matters

Knowing that a single beam of light (you)

can change

E v e r y t h i n g

(if video does not appear, click here)

"The Bored Room" SOLD

2011-12-21T22:56:00.009-05:00

"The Bored Room"

6 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$350

This original Just SOLD--Prints Available/Click Here

I happened to catch sight of an Eddie "memo" earlier this week:

sTrAteGeriE MEetiNg at 1 n thE BoreD ROom

Apparently a Bored Room is a Board Room which happens to be my Bathroom.

Eddie says he does some of his best thinking there.

I say

that's not saying much.....

Please Note: This is No. 21 in the Eddie and Phyllis Series. To see the entire series, now available in print, click here!

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"Dreaming of.... a White Catmas?" SOLD

2011-12-19T21:00:00.013-05:00

"Dreaming of....a White Catmas?"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

SOLD---Prints Available, Click Here

Since hearing of his rating on Santa's Naughty/Nice list (see latest Eddie installment), Eddie has been hustling his buns all week.

(It is now obvious---he CAN get by on less than 16 hours of sleep).

*Meetings with Phyllis in **"The Bored Room" (his spelling, not mine)

*Contracts examined, letters written. **"The Fine Print"

*Even flowers for Phyllis for all her hard work (never mind he swiped them from my desk)
**"Flowers for ME??"

Apparently, after all that, a plan has been hatched.

Whatever it is, it seems to be in the box that Eddie and Phyllis have been moving all over the house--window to window, front porch to back porch, waiting for the FedEX man.

Even I am stumped this time, and I know Mr. Smooth Fur pretty well.....

What does Eddie, the classic re-gifter, have IN that BOX???

Please Note: This is No. 20 in the Eddie and Phyllis Series. To see the entire series, now available in print, click here!

A Very Special Note and Warning: The above titles marked ** denote upcoming paintings in the Eddie and Phyllis Series:)))

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"And the Answer Is"

2011-12-14T22:22:00.001-05:00

"The Scent of Lavender"

NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT!

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And the Answer Is

It's not a career,

it's a life.

Everything we do is an extension of the heart,

the soul within us,

and it all must come into alignment.

It is not separate.

If you are uncertain, insecure, the cure is not to add more things to your to do list.

The real work is to go inside, get quiet, spend time there.

For learning to do more

in less time

is not the answer.

Understanding what matters and doing THAT

is.

In Other News:

Get ready for a whole slew of new original oils heading your way, including a last ditch effort from Eddie to get back into Santa's good graces:))!

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"Individual Greatness"

2011-12-12T19:24:00.000-05:00

"Sunny Side of the Street, French Style"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

SOLD

Now Available in Print/Click to Visit Dreama's Print Shop

There is a naïveness, a childlike approach that happens when we first try something new like painting.

We are simply happy with the process.

We enjoy the results and are eager to do it again.

Somewhere on the path though, we start to pick up the fears, perfections, patterns of the collective art world around us.

We "grow up".

We become fearful, stilted, stymied, and sadly we are confirmed in our thinking

Given a nod that this is how it works.

Sometimes it feels as if the collective way of thinking and approaching your gift is to give you just enough hope to keep you alive,

not enough to thrive,

or experience JOY,

just enough to keep you from starving to death.

Is this really how our lives are intended to be?

Is this where collective thinking about what "great" art is, leads to?

So that you can see how far from the mark you really are

and how unlikely you are to ever get there?

Reconnect.

Return.

Remember why it was that you became an artist.

Define.

Name.

Embrace that story of who you are.

Return to the Source.

All the JOY, the smiles, the passion of when you first began to paint emanated from somewhere within you.

Shove back the crowd of collective thinking of what art is.

Allow room for your Source to breathe your gift.

Rest in the knowledge that you have been given exactly what you need

to be the artist that you were born to be.

Change the collective thought

live into

your individual greatness.

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"Eddie is 40 Percent "Off"--Which Explains A Lot"

2011-12-09T20:00:00.003-05:00

Well, I have some pretty doggone exciting news.

After many hours of long work (me--working, Eddie--napping)

Dreama's Print Shop

is loaded up (110 images if you're counting)
and ready to roll out....

Fresh Cut Flowers

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Catalicious Cats,

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Eddie and Phyllis

(Gallery--Click on Image)

Lavender Fields Galore
(Gallery--Click on Image)

and Places We Love in France and Italy

(Gallery--You know what to do:)

Now all available at Dreama's Print Shop!

And you are not going to believe this part,

starting this very minute

--Eddie has agreed to a 40% discount,

good 'til Midnight (11:59 to be exact) December 11th, off your order.

You just have to put in Sleighbell40 as the promo code on your checkout.

And delivery is guaranteed by Dec. 24!!

I think (know) that Eddie is working hard to redeem himself on Santa's list, which explains the big kick-off sale:))).
Personally, I haven't been this excited since Eddie told me had gotten a job that required him to be on the road all the time (it didn't work out as it involved being a long distance hauler and Eddie got fired for trying to shift gears using his tail)....but that's a whole other story.

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And tell them Ed sent you

(he says according to Phyllis, he has to have some really big numbers to get off Santa's naughty list....)

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