2020 Personal Note:
….AND ART SUPPLIES
(Cheesy image share with this random cute dog meme)
Not one of my best photos, but oh well…

I told you that it could be a while before I blog when I last posted (on the 22nd). I really needed a break from all things and to submerge in family and the holiday season. Today is my first official day back.

I (we) have 363 new days to create, live, love, and move forward, and set reading challenges. (mine are on Good Reads) I set a goal that is somewhat ambitious for me, but have decided to keep the number. Even if I don’t make that goal, I will work harder in my efforts. (Hopefully) personally, I struggle with reading when I am creating. But that’s another topic for another day.

Do you make resolutions? I do not. IMO Resolutions can become albatrosses that cause us to miss out on the best moments we weren’t expecting. I say this from the experience of my last three years of change and challenges.

If I have anything at all of importance to say to you this new year it is to share these words from the Dali Lama. ⤵️


Art News:

#TAE2020 —MY original image is on heavy watercolor paper, it is a 4×6 inch post card, and created for an organization I found on twitter. Artists sign up to create a post card and donate it to the fund raiser wherever it is being held (worldwide). Pieces are exhibited April 3-15, 2020. Each costs $20 and all funds go to the charity. learn more here: http://twitterartexhibit.org/

THIS YEARS FUND RAISER IS FOR HORRY COUNTY DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS-HCDSN
LOCATED IN MRYTLE BEACH, SC

1. Upcoming Artist Reception at ymca, Altavista in February details TO FOLLOW LATER

2. January Riverviews Artist CoOp First and final Friday is this Friday, January 3, 2020 from 5:30-8pm. I have four newer pieces in the show. We will officially close as a CoOp after January 7, and Riverview Artspace will reinvent our gallery space.

3. Current WIP on the easel details to follow next blog…


Until next time.

Peace, Valerie

Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.

David Thoreau