In a world of glossy finished products, of Masterpieces by Masters and Pulitzers by Award-winners and a long list of really great Greats preceding us all, it can take a bit of blind courage, intentionally dedicated time and a dash of wild ecstasy to allow your own creativity to bubble up and out. Each creation reveals a small piece of your lived life and a bit of your private heart, but most of all whatever it is that you produce is an expression of your pure joy. Walking into someone’s painting studio or craft workshop or writing room or gallery space can feel like entering another’s way of being. I invite you to come along into my creative private and public avenues.

“We are dealing in a magic realm. Nobody knows why or how it works“(Rubin).

“Art is choosing to do something skillfully, caring about details, bringing all of yourself, to make the finest work you can. It is beyond ego, vanity, self-glorification, and need for approval” (Rubin).

There is a special feeling when you walk into a gallery and see your creation on the wall, surrounded by another’s with complementary colors and differing shapes that work like a charm next to your own piece. All that ecstasy you felt alone in your studio is magnified significantly right in front of you.

“Sometimes, it can be the most ordinary moment that creates an extraordinary piece of art” (Rubin).

“Think to yourself: I’m just here to create” (Rubin).

“The synergy of a group is as important– if not more important– than the talent of the individuals” (Rubin).

“What we say, what we sing, what we paint– we get to choose. We have no responsibility to anything other than the art itself. The art is the final word“(Rubins).

“The reason we’re alive is to express ourselves in the world. And creating art may be the most effective and beautiful method of doing so. Art goes beyond language, beyond lives. It’s a universal way to send messages between each other and through time“(Rubins).

All the magnificent quotes come from Rick Rubin’s “The Creative Act: A Way of Being.” New York: Penguin Press, 2023. Highly recommended reading for us all.