Being Creative

We are coming up on Thanksgiving. This day, sometimes, weekend, maybe even a week, we pull out our creativity. There have been many times in my past that I used cooking, especially baking as my creative outlet.

There are times I hear people say they are not creative. Oh, so, not true. Everyone finds ways to be creative, this time of year it is especially true. Pulling out grandma's famous recipes. Setting the table with those special things, that may or may not match but go together perfectly. Creating wreaths for the door. Even the food takes on a special blend of spices, colors, sounds of sizzling and the taste of the holidays.

Today I will do most of my creating in the kitchen. With a little luck, I may finish a graphite piece I was working on over last weekends art show. More on that soon...after all, Small Business Saturday is coming up too!

So, find your creative spirit and share it with family, friends that are like family. Enjoy, travel safe and be creative.

Paintings Waiting To Happen

I generally don't do landscape paintings but lately as I watch the sun rise in the morning I keep thinking I need to start painting what I see. The photographs are nice but they do not pick up all the color, contrast and emotion. As I was watching this morning, I kept thinking the sky looks like a watercolor painting. I turn around and there is a rainbow in the sky to the west. I am taking this mornings show as a good sign for the weekend.

Art All Week Long

Coming this weekend is the Old Adobe Mission Show. Located in Old Town Scottsdale: 3817 N. Brown Avenue. I will be demonstrating there off and on all day into evening Friday, November 17th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. From 5:00 to 7:00 is the evening reception, many of the artists will be there to meet you and share their art.

Saturday from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. I will be at Liberty Wildlife 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix, AZ doing a demonstration from the educational rescued raptors. If you are interested in taking a class at Liberty Wildlife to learn to draw birds, please stop by we are just starting to work on scheduling programs. http://www.libertywildlife.org Check the web site for other events, talks, and volunteer opportunities.

Saturday afternoon  1:00 - 5:00 you may find me back at the Adobe Mission show and Sunday I will be there from 1:00 - 4:00 when the show closes. For more details on the times the show is open I have included a postcard. You can also find information on my art facebook page at http://facebook.com/LindaWildlifeArtist

The rest of the week you can find me working in my studio: painting, framing, pricing and getting inventories together. My studio gallery is by appointment just drop me an email and we can set up a visit. lharrisonparsons@gmail.com

Hope to see you soon!

Artful Meditating

This weekend was filled with walking, photography time with Rick and our friend, Michael Haid. Spending time outside in nature walking in between the monarchs, buckeyes, fritillaries, swallowtails, sulphers and a few hummingbirds I had a moment. A calmness, I was aware yet not, a artful meditation. I took lots of pictures and I stood in stillness, watching as the butterflies flew around me before landing back on the flowering bushes.

I do not know when these butterfly images will appear in my art but I will remember that moment of beautiful emptiness. It kind of sounds sad but truly it was a heart-full passing of time, artful meditating. I can only wait to find it again.

Art Calendar: November

I am running a little behind in my posts and painting. Working on several projects, some that need to be done for December, another grouping for a show in February. Plus, a few things for this months local shows.

Coming up November 17-18-19 is a group show at the Old Adobe Mission, 3817 N. Brown Ave., Scottsdale, AZ. The hours are: Friday & Saturday 10-5, plus Friday evening is Artists Reception, all are invited from 5-7. Sunday hours are 11-4, nice time to come by see great work, pick up something special for the holidays and maybe have brunch in town. The Mission restaurant is right next door and one of my favorites, you may want to make reservations. On Saturday across the street is the Farmers Market, you can pick up something for breakfast or lunch and come on over to see the art. watch demonstrations and talk to the artists.

If you are too far away to come by the Scottsdale show, check on-line Saturday, November 25th for Small Business Pop-Up Art Sale. The album will be set up on FaceBook. It's easy, just tell me what you want and we will make it happen.

On the east coast you can check out small businesses that carry my work: Matrix Gallery, Blacksburg, VA and Willow Oaks craft cider and wine (and art space) 6219 Harley Rd., Middletown, MD.

Better get back to the drawing board, get some of those works finished and framed!