Author: Cheryl

The articles about creativity and how very good it is for you, just keep on coming. Here’s another good one: 10 Ways that Creativity Can Completely Change Your Life by Lynn Newman. 

Classes are winding down – what a wonderful group of students I have! Here’s a thank you to my students – you are the best. 

As the earth falls into a silent gray slumber, it tugs the blanket of fallen leaves closer and patiently awaits the comforter of snow. Cheryl O 

Algonquin – Winter Dreams, acrylic collage, SOLD – Private Collection. 

This painting “A Gentle Spirit” is available from the artist. If you or someone you know is a horse lover, it would make a lovely Christmas gift. Email me at [email protected] for more details. UPDATE: Nov 21 – SOLD 

Always makes me smile… 

Acrylic with collage 24″ x 30″ $855. + HST. 

I’ve been seriously trying to live just one day at a time. It’s all about attitude. Some people call this ‘mindfullness’, being in the moment. This is a challenge! I have a lot of things happening to keep track of, and this is a new habit for me to form, so I am not always successful. But when I am, I am lighter and more thankful. The day goes better – it’s worth the effort. It seems to me that any creative mode is one of being in the moment too. I’ve been doing that enough years that it comes easily there. High time to translate that into other areas of my life. 

If you could paint anything in the world, and paint it very well, what would you paint? It’s really the same question as, what would you like to say – because art is a language. Georgia O’Keeffe wanted to say, “take time to notice these lovely little flowers”, so she painted them huge on very large canvases. Perhaps you are passionate about a subject or a cause and you want to try to express that in your painting. Do you want to say, “look how beautiful …. is?” Or are you more philosophical, and want to say, “see how it feels to be sad.” – or, “see how it feels to be joyful.” When you begin to grasp the idea that art is a language, and when you identify what you want to say with this language, chances are increased that your art will have an impact on the viewer, and perhaps even on the world. I can’t wait to see what you want to say!