Tangled Stitch

This is my cherry blossom tree.  If you like it it's available at Valley Artisans Market.  I'm sharing it to remind myself it's spring.  It doesn't feel much like spring in this neck of the woods.  Doesn't feel much like spring in my heart either.  Stormy, dark and gloomy, only for the moment though.  Been dealing with some stuff and just a wee bit sad.  Haven't embroidered much lately, always feel blue when I'm not embroidering.  Must be that idle hands are the devils workshop thing. My wonderful son turned 26 recently.  He's a great man, very kind and warm and responsible.  I'm very proud of him, after all he is my greatest creation.  I worked myself into a tizzy looking through an old photo album.  So many happy times,  it's pretty clear I adored him even then.  It all goes by so fast.  A completely different life. The world is moving at breakneck speed even faster since Trump became our president. ...

Hi All!  This is the Pond.  It's a piece I made for my show at Valley Artisans Market back in February.  It was very exciting. It's been a really long time since I've written anything but I went down the rabbit hole of my past and read a few posts that I wrote when I wrote too much.  So here I am.  I'm still an artist and still a member of Valley Artisans Market and I'm still a server.  I work at my local Cracker Barrel and I love it.  My son lives within walking distance and he has made me a very proud mother.  He is handsome, charming, responsible and has a good job. I'm pretty well used to being alone.  I still wonder if I'm going to meet Prince Charming but happy enough to live life without him.  I've got great friends and my trusty dog and I'm so happy spring has sprung.  I'm still trying to find my way, keeping stitching and working and sane enough to appreciate how much my life has changed. I'm gonna try and revive my b...

Hi!  It's been a really long time hence the title.  A lot has changed since we've last met.  I have a job.  I'm a server at my local Cracker Barrel and I love it!  Love the people I work with, the guests I interact with and love being able to pay my bills.  I've also recently begun embroidering a bit more.  I'm still pursuing my art but on an admittedly slower basis and still a member of Valley Artisans Market. I don't know if this blog post is a new beginning or just a check in.  I guess we'll have to wait and see.  I take it one day at a time and try to keep moving forward.  I've been working on Gutted quite a bit.  I started it in 2013 but I've really been getting into it now that I'm a little less Gutted myself. I still find embroidery to be the fastest way to find peace.  I guess if I have a message for this post its just to keep on stitching.  Your whole world can be coming apart at the seams but if you just ...

Well it's been a while, a long while.  I've not quite found my voice or my vision yet but I haven't given up.  This piece is called Marmalade Skies and it was inspired by the Beatles.  When I think of marmalade skies I think of some sort of psychedelic dream.  Most of my work is inspired by some sort of psychedelic dream.  I get stuck when I change my vision and try to do work that will appeal to the masses coming from my slightly more than ordinary mind.  Stuck in the mud of brown and ecru and country red. Not that there is anything wrong with brown and ecru and country red but my heart sings for turquoise, orange and lime green.  Color wakes me up from the ordinary world of perfection that lies outside my window on a sunny day.  I can't compete with Gods vision.  I can't recreate the sound of the birds, the briskness of the air, or the snow glistening on the pavement. I can only march down the road of making my life more colorful.  Of ...

Hi All!  It's been a while but I think it's time to come back and try again so here I am.  I've missed all of you and missed writing too.  I've continued to make work and embroider and have a few tricks up my sleeve and lovely pictures to accompany them but that's for another day. It's very hard to admit that you've been stuck in 2 feet of snow in your mind.  But I've been stuck in two feet of snow in my mind.  My mind was so jumbled for a while, I couldn't really find my way out.  In the meantime I've made many beautiful pieces, found many beautiful friends both old and new, loved my beautiful son and added a dog to the mix.  I've got a lovely part time job doing work I really enjoy with people I enjoy doing it with. My life is so much better and I have so much to be grateful for. But writing on my blog was elusive.  It was a failure really. I guess when you are stuck in the negative mindset of your mind and everything you love becomes in yo...

I am so excited for my upcoming show of hand embroidered art  at Samantha's Café and Catering.  It is called Tied Up in Knots and features 14 pieces created with beautiful French knots.  The opening reception is this Thursday from 5 to 8.  If you happen to be in Glens Falls please come. I am busy making art and still having a bit of a problem writing my blog.  Thinking of  all of my bloggy friends and all of the wonderful artists whose blogs I have followed.  I hope to be joining you again soon.  Keep stitching.

I guess I don't have to tell you that my art and my writing has been sort of a slog lately.  For the last two years to be exact, I've been kind of lost in a world of loneliness and then overcompensating not to be alone.  Grateful to have met many good friends on the path of not wanting to be alone.  But it has interfered with my work, an artist really needs to be alone and ok with the isolation and loneliness that being an artist sometimes can bring.  I'm really trying to get used to that feeling.  Thanks in advance for reading this post hopefully it will be the first of many in my new life. Yesterday I went to the opening for the Fences Select Show in the Art Center of the Capital Region where I have recently rented an art studio and where Primal Scream was selected as one of 50 out of 300 entries.  It was very exciting and very humbling.  When it comes to meeting new people and carousing I am the life of the party.  When it comes to to...