The Loquacious Artist - Views & Visions of life and art

A New Year, A New Start?

2009-01-25T13:56:00.003-07:00

Well here we are with a new year before us, will we make any real changes or just stay in our familiar ruts? I usually start out well and about March have totally abandoned any change in favor what is familiar and comfortable.

This year I would like to make more time to paint. I also have some career ambitions in play and am hoping they will come to fruition. So, we will see which, if either, come to pass! The only other thing I want is for my children to all stand on their own and let us have some breathing space before we retire! However, with the economy as it is and our children they way they are, I am not holding my breath. I wish they could feel the pain I am in from the stress (I have fibromyalgia) and see how their father is suffering from depression.

I hope all of you reading this are off to a good start this year and all your wishes come true. Take care of yourselves and enjoy life.

A New Beginning

2008-12-28T21:05:00.003-07:00

Well, yet another year has slipped by and my list of accomplishments is once again very small. I did not get very many of the things I wanted to do this finished. Of course, there were a few monkey-wrenches thrown at me which interfered with my plans. My career took off in a whole new direction and my artwork was set aside for he time being. The good thing is I have another year ahead to get these things accomplished. I feel much more confident this year and I am hoping to do both my artwork and my other career, both with success.

I hope you all had a good holiday and are looking forward to starting a new year. I wish you all the best in whatever you are doing and I hope you will leave a comment to let me know what your hopes are for the new year. Take care of yourself and your loved ones.

What Art Comes From Abuse?

2008-12-07T06:59:00.000-07:00

Many of you know that I am an artist. I try to make my art show the world in a nice way, the way I want it to be, not the way that it is. Perhaps this is a lie, a huge fraud. My goal is to change as much of the ugliness of the real world as I possibly can. To show that a person can come from ugliness and horror to view the world in a positive way and bring change in small ways. If we all do this, these small amounts of change will amount to immense change.

If I paint the bleak, desperate, ugliness of my childhood, I allow the abusers to win. I choose to take that power from them and be happy and spread happiness in spite of what they did to me. Perhaps this will torture them, knowing that despite their best efforts to kill my spirit and control me, I have risen above them and now hold the power.

As a child, I read a lot. I learned that there were families who were happy and loving and this knowledge saved me. I knew that if I could survive I would find happiness. I had my imagination and I lived in a little perfect world inside my own thoughts. All those hours locked in my room with the covers pulled over my face were spent in this imaginary world, not the world of fear that the abusers wanted me to be in.

So, my paintings reflect the imaginary world, the world of peaceful streams and meadows; the beauty of nature; and the absence of abuse. Its what you don't see in my paintings that tells the story. If you are interested in seeing the art I create, drop by The Creaky Easel for a visit.

Power Struggle

2008-11-30T06:37:00.001-07:00

You often see headlines about children who are abused and tortured and even killed by their own parents. You wonder what kind of mother or father would do such things. The parents often have come from a very similar background. Sometimes though, they come from a normal home.

I came from such a childhood. When I decided to bring children into the world, I knew one thing...... they were not going to suffer as I did, they would be raised well with full bellies and hugs and kisses.

Other people who are abused perpetuate the cycle, abusing their children who in turn grow up to abuse theirs. These are the parents who shock me most. How can you treat your children like that when you know how it feels to be on the receiving end?

It appears to be a power struggle. People who are frustrated and powerless in their own lives find a way to have power over the weaker ones. I do not accept this as an excuse. When you become an adult, you make your own choices, you can reason things out and choose to change. It isn't easy and we stumble along the way but we try and we keep on trying until we die and we change one tiny little insignificant corner of the world at a time. That is the power. Real power is changing the cycle, breaking the mold, making the world better.

What Kind of Mother?

2008-11-24T06:13:00.004-07:00

What kind of mother would take her 5 year old son to Wal-Mart and leave him alone in the McDonald's there while she shopped? When I saw this happen the other day, I was shocked that it still goes on in spite of all the news broadcasts, magazine stories and TV shows about how children get abducted.

You could tell by the way the mother roughly shoved her son into the seat and yelled at him not to move until she got back that his home life was far from ideal. Having grown up in a similar environment myself, my heart went out to the little fellow. All the help lines in the world do not stop children from being abused. Children who are abused at home are too afraid to make those calls. Surely society has figured that out by now.

Everywhere you go nowadays, you see children who need a firmer hand. This misbehaving little monsters need a swat on the bottom to know mom means business. These parents are afraid to use corporal discipline or social services will come knocking on their door to take away their children. A swat on the behind is not abuse, it gets their attention and they learn that mom and dad are there to guide them. They obey and learn. These undisciplined monsters are turning into undisciplined teens and adults and it is sickening to see. Everything is me, me, me.

Then you see the other side of the coin, the children who are terrified of making mom and/or dad mad. Their scared little faces haunt me. I want to take them all home and give them a loving environment. Social services does not go knocking on their door - often they are too scared of the parents who fly into a rage when they appear so they leave these children to fend for themselves. They make themselves busy with taking away the child of a mother who has put up with her child's tantrums long enough and has put the little one over her knee and paddled his behind.

What kind of mother are you? What kind of mother am I? Certainly no saint here, I made my share of mistakes along the way. My children were spoiled rather than abused but I also used a swat on the behind to keep them in line until they learned the social skills necessary for life.

What's New?

2008-10-25T06:56:00.002-06:00

I apologize for the lack of new content on my blog lately. I have returned to work full time and at the moment there just don’t seem to be enough hours in the day. After I get used to the new pace, I am sure it will be different.

We have made a trip back to Terrace to prepare the other house for winter as it has still not sold. We brought back a few more of my things to make living here a lttle more comfortable until we make the final move.

I have not been able to finish any new artwork to post on The Creaky Easel with all the changes in my personal life. I have had out of town visitors to entertain, my son lost his job, went to rehab and has since gone to jail for not paying a traffic fine from just over a year ago. The good part of that is that he will be clean and sober after 30 days and will be able to start fresh.

All of this stuff does not seem to be as easy to cope with as it was when I was younger. It saps my energy and plays havoc with my fibromyalgia.. My husband works long hours and has become accustomed to my making his lunches and preparing the meals and doing the housework. I have always allowed him to wear his work boots in the house and then cleaned up the evidence after he heads off to work. I am sure wishing now that I had put my foot down about the little things a few years ago! I hope you will visit again and I will do my best to keep a more consistent flow.

Fine Artworks and Original Paintings From A Creaky Easel: Creativity Has Its Reward

2008-09-01T06:03:00.000-06:00

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Creaky Easel Artist In Battle Of The Artists - A Little Shameless Self Promotion!

2008-07-17T18:33:00.003-06:00

Designer's Depot has a Battle of the Artists every month and this month I am in that contest. Each featured artist in a month is entered in the poll. If you enjoy my artwork, as seen on my website Creaky Easel please drop by Designer's Depot and vote for me! I would really appreciate the support.

Fine Artworks and Original Paintings From A Creaky Easel: Inside The Painter's Studio

2008-07-15T03:32:00.000-06:00

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Increase Google Pagerank and Technorati Authority With This New Idea

2008-07-07T07:35:00.012-06:00

I'm following the lead of several other bloggers and joining the BIG BANG, started by Mel over at Monday Morning Power. Why not come play and watch your rank skyrocket with this meme. I would love to play, IF I can get this post right!

You do not have to be tagged to play along. This game is simple and so are the rules.

1. Copy from *Start Copy Here* through *End Copy Here*

2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post the "Big Bang" at each site you add.

3. Tag or don’t tag, your choice, however, the more tags you create the longer the list will grow.

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Creaky Easel Given Arte Y Pico Award

2008-07-02T22:15:00.003-06:00

I was pleasantly surprised to receive the honor of an Arte Y Pico award for my Creaky Easel blog. This award was one which I had never previously heard of. The award was given to me by Caroline, a fellow artist whose work and website I greatly admire.

Upon winning this award you are tasked with the following rules...
1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language

2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico" blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award. http://arteypico.blogspot.com/.

There are so many blogs deserving this award and was a very difficult process to choose just five. The following are my nominations:

Artbeat Inspirations - Life's Little Wonders Caroline has such colorful artwork and a great blog to go along with it. I visit her site on a regular basis.

TexasMedicalFreak Mandy has a fascinating blog full of helpful information. She has put her own and her family's medical problems on public display in order to help others. Her grit and determination are awe inspiring and make Mandy, in my humble opinion, an everyday hero.

DesignersDepot Noel has a great blog and regularly honors other artists and designers with interviews and features them on the blog.

Waterrose Waterrose is a wonderful site of fabulous handcrafted treasures and a charming blog is included at no extra charge!

LaketreesArtist Kim is an outstanding artist and has a wonderful art blog where she honors so many other artists with her wonderful articles.

I hope you will visit each of these sites and see why I have chosen them for this award. Thanks for reading!

With A Little Help From My Friends & Family

2008-06-20T10:22:00.004-06:00

My blogs have really gained in traffic and regular readers and this is due to the help I have received from my friends who link to me from their websites and blogs, and the readers who add me to their social networks by Stumbling or Digging, etc my posts. I am also a huge fan of Entrecard.

My sister, Laura, has been a tremendous help, she has surfed on many traffic sites such as Traffic Exchange Mystery, ClicksAGoGo, Dragonsurf, Traffic-Splash etc. She has given up a lot of her free time to help me out and I just really wanted to say thanks.

She has her own blog called Moosie's Blog and if you visit her there you will see she has talent of her own and is very busy with her own crafts. Laura is learning to knit on an Ultimate Sweater Machine knitting machine and if you are in a position to offer her a little help getting going with it, I would really appreciate you dropping by her blog and leaving her a comment so she can get in touch with you.

A Lucky Break

2008-06-13T00:38:00.000-06:00

I am very excited to announce that an article has been published about my artwork. I am this week's featured artist on Designer's Depot a website by Noelevz. Check out this site, there is a lot of interesting information available at Designer's Depot and I am honored to be chosen for this article. Noel has done a lovely job on this article as on everything on the site. After you read the article, please drop me a comment and let me know what you think about it.

This is a really lucky break in my marketing plan, as Noel found me and asked me to do the interview. I am just thrilled to get this opportunity for the exposure. Click here to read the article.

I am working on a new painting as well as trying to find local art associations to get involved in and looking for a local gallery or even just some wall space in a coffee house to exhibit my artwork. It is quite a challenge to get established in a new town, but I am determined to do it.

Trying To Market Yourself

2008-06-11T22:32:00.000-06:00

Self promotion is a very difficult thing for me as I am sure it is for many people. I would find it much easier to promote someone else's work than to extoll the virtues of mine. I am not sure why that is.

It is not that I do not believe in my own abilitites or think that my artwork is inferior, I just am rather shy and do not like to draw attention to myself. I do not want to do all the things like gallery openings and making the sales pitches to sell my creations. I have a hard time just to approach a gallery or even to join an art association.

However, I have recently made a major move, mainly with the idea that a larger center will have many more opportunities for me to get my artwork seen and sold. This week I am going to make a concerted effort to find and join local art associations and visit the local galleries with my portfolio. I did send several entries in to a competion this year and will hopefully hear something back soon.

I have been doing a lot of online research on promotion and have made a list of the things I need to do to get my atwork exposure. For starters, I need to do the following things:
1. join one or more local art associations
2. approach galleries with my portfolio
3. send a press release with the results if they are positive

I will report back to this site with the results of my efforts and hopefully will be able to inspire myself and the a few others to get out there!

Moved and Settled In At Last

2008-05-17T14:48:00.000-06:00

Well, at long last, I have moved and settled in to a new little hamlet named Bezanson, outside of Grande Prairie, Alberta. The landlord has turned out to be a very good sort after all and I think we will get along fine.

I have not been able to set up my studio yet but I think next week I will haave the time and will be able to do some more painting. It was quite a job packing and unpacking and I shudder to think I am actually only half done as we left a lot of stuff at the house in Terrace until it sells. I already miss some of the stuff we decded we could live without for a while; the air conditioner, the outdoor furniture and the barbecue (what the heck were we thnking??) We will go back andget the rest after the house sells.

The biggest problem is my litttle chihuahua, he is not happy being indoors all the time and is stubborn about using his paper even though he was well used to using it at home. We take him out for walks away from the property but I think this might have een the mistake, we should have got him settled using the paper first then started his walks. I will be alone with him next week while hubby takes the orientation for his new job and is away most of the day.

I am going to look for work next week I think after I get a bit more settled and see how that goes for a while and am also going to try joining into the local artist community and keep my fingers crossed.

Where Have Human Values Gone?

2008-05-01T14:46:00.001-06:00

Times are always changing, not always for the better, but lately things seem to have spiralled out of control in so many ways. The recent incident with Miley Cyrus brought home how much family vaues have disintegrated. What were her family and her agents thinking? She is 15 years old and while certainly brought up more exposed to the world than most kids, this was such a stupid thing to do. On one hand people are trying to figure out how to keep perverts from doing harm to children, and on the other the media publishes such pictures without a qualm. No thought ever seems to be given to anything except how much money will be generated from any reaction. What is wrong with Vanity Fair to do sucha photo shoot? What is wrong with her parents allowing it? What about her agents? Miley is a teen and while nowadays they seem to have the upper hand and be in control, we all know that really is disaster waiting to happen. Miley needs to know what consequences her actions can have. I suppose she would be surprised to have some creepy stalker grab her and do terrible things to her but the adults surrounding her surely wouldn't be. What possible goodness could result from those pictures?

Television seems to be totally out of control. From these ridiculous 'reality' shows we now have sunk to a new low... Dexter. Do I get this series right? We are now seeing a serial killer as some kind of a hero? What could possible follow this? Soon we will have shows where the child gunmen shooting up schools are the good guys. I am sure there is a way to spin it so that it is good, maybe they are teaching lessons to bullies and burned out teachers and parents.

It seems to me, in my old fashioned mind, that nothing good has come from the loss of respecting your elders. Because some people abused children, we decided that children should not fear nor respect their elders. Gone is the polite Mr. and Mrs. titles adults were given, gone is the control we once had over the whereabouts of our teenagers and childen, gone is the control over what they spend their money on, what they say or do. Few children are even taught manners anymore. They are taught to be fearful of strangers and that they can say and do what they like without consequence, then they are often dressed like baby hookers and sent out into the world. The strange thing is that what the loss of respect was supposed to do, teach children tat they do not have to be afraid of adults so they will cry out against abusers, has not happened at all. Abusers still abuse children and these children are still afraid of adults.

Children need to be taught discipline, rules, manners and respect, and why it is important to have them. They need to be taught how to spend money wisely and prepare for the future. They need to be taught good behavior and helping one's neighbor. They need to know that it is better to wait for something they want, that the getting of it is all the sweeter. They need to be taught human kindness and appreciation for the environment. They need to be taught that there are consequences for their actions. They do not need to know that people will do almost anything for money.

Silly Rules

2008-04-27T17:25:00.000-06:00

We recently bought a mobile home to help our son get started on his own after he got himself back on his feet and has been clean and sober for a year. This home is on a rented lot in a very small rural setting park in a very small community.

One would think that the rules would be fairly lax in such a place and it is true for the most part. The landlord has the most ridiculous rule about pets. I have a small dog and of course, he is like family to me now. Barking is ok, no problems there, but my tiny dog is not allowed outside at all, at any time, EVER. Not even to be taken for a walk. Not to leave the trailer to go in the car with us. Once inside, he must remain there until we leave the park.

We have agreed to this request because we plan to be in the park for 6 months or less as we are looking to purchase property to move the home onto. My husband and I do not expect to live with our son for long as we have our own home and once the trailer is set up on an acreage we intend to build a new home for ourselves on it.

The landlord is, of course, allowed to have his rules and we will abide by them but I think this one is so silly. He says the reason is that it will attract coyotes and other dogs. He may be right, but I see no coyote problem in other neighborhoods and mobile home parks with dogs.

Welcome To My World

2008-04-25T18:11:00.000-06:00

This blog is going to be used for posting my personal opinions on various subjects. I may rant and rave over an injustice or just a little pet peeve. Whatever I want to blather about.

Lately I have had a few things come up that I wanted to rant about but I did not want to use my art blog to do it.

A few days ago, I was in a lineup and finally getting closer to the counter to place my order, when a rude man stepped in front of me. When I said "Excuse me, but I was here first" he just gave me a look of dismissal and turned to put in his order. The clerk, not wanting any confrontation, accepted his order as I fumed. I then decided that I did not want to do business with a place that just allows such rudeness without a word, so I turned and left without ordering. Then I spent the day angry at myself for not making a bigger issue of it.

The thing is, being Canadian, I do not like confrontation, though I will stand up for others and fight to the death, I will not do it for myself. We are taught to accept the differences in people and it seems that in some countries, men are the elite and women are second class and do not deserve common respect. To make a scene would be viewed as prejudicial, even though my anger was at the act of rudeness not the nationality of the man involved.

What is the correct way to deal with these issues? This is not the first time this has happened to me. Each time it has occurred, it was a man who was not a natural Canadian citizen. I am angry at being seen as second class in my own country. I have worked hard all my life, survived childhood physical, verbal and sexual abuse, ran my own business for several years and spent many more years in public service. Why should I have to give way to a man simply because he was raised in another country to believe that women have little or no value?