"French Beginnings"

"French Beginnings"

12 x 12" oil on museum quality panel

$600

Open is a good thing.  

Open means we are allowing good to flow into our life.  

Open means we are allowing good to flow out from us.  

Maybe that's why I was so attracted to this opening in France.  

'Course the fact that I could use some Caribbean blue on it probably didn't hurt;))

In Other News:

 November Newsletter had one video and one article that were soooo awesome...I wanted to make sure you didn't miss out , so here's the link (just click here) just in case you didn't catch it. 

And if you want to make sure you stay in the loop, you can click here to subscribe to my email updates:))  

The 2013 Calendars will be heading out in the mail later this week--thanks so much for ordering one!

So much to be grateful for!...the Gratitude Dropbox is now appearing at the end of each post.  To add your thoughts and catch up on what others are saying, just click and go!  Feel free to share it with the special people in your life---you never know who you might inspire to start their own gratitude adventure:)!

Last but not least....a new free Ebook, heading your way this week AND a brand spanking new website designed with you in mind heading your way the first of the year.  

To Subscribe to Dreama's Art , Click Here:))

Art, Humor and Inspiration--In Your Inbox!

Click to Share What You Are Grateful for Today!

Pin It

"Running Wild" SOLD

"Hidden"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

Running Wild

“It takes strength to be still when others rush.  It takes courage to go against the stream....”                                                                                                     ~Leo Babauta

Boy, is that the truth!

The frantic pace at which life’s current seems to be running, one almost feels compelled   to start running with the troop, even when you are not sure why they are running or where they are running too---we’re just afraid we may be left behind if we don’t get our feet to shufflin’!

We are, after all, part of the human Race--yikes, is that a Freudian slip or what:)!*?

Creating in stillness, the path for yourself --- therein lies the  real magic.  

It is then that you run with purpose, with Knowing, with love.

Resist the urge to run for the sake of running.  Let your feet find their rhythm matched to the Stillness within.

“Practice stillness, and the stillness becomes a canvas upon which you can paint the masterpiece of your life.”                        

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                       ~Leo Babauta

"Hidden", in France

Pin It

"BeThere--Le Jardin" SOLD

"Be There--Le Jardin"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

God calls you to the place

where your deep gladness

 and the world's deep hunger

 meet.

                                                                                                                        

 ~Frederick Buechner

Pin It

"Magical Morning Sun" SOLD

"Magical Morning Sun"

6 x6" oil on museum quality panel

$200

Old stones warming in the sun 

 Bees humming a dance to the fragrance of the rose

The sameness of it all brings comfort to passing days 

 Our "transience" is the complement to their timelessness 

Houses like a living thing, harbouring all of our lives,

guarding our hearts to be awakened to another day by

 Old stones warming in the sun

Wild bees humming a dance to the fragrance of the rose

All by the beauty of  magical morning sun

Just an FYI---if you ever need to find a specific blog post I've done, there are two ways to search for it.  Well, three actually-- if you want to add you spending an entire day looking over 300 plus postings by the old scroll method.
I'm gonna guess you would be interested more in the first two:))

First, click here to ensure that you are indeed on my blog and not a) on your email  or b) on the portion of my blog embedded in my website. Then...

Way No. 1:  On right hand side of my blog, scroll down the page until you see my smiling face and the blurb about me.  Directly under that you will see a small box that says above it "Search This Blog".  Type in any word, phrase, etc. that may be a clue to what you are looking for.  Your answers will appear at the top of the blog.  Just like magic!!    Note:  The first four will be listed, but if there are more posts (like there are about Eddie) you will see page numbers at the bottom, denoting more pages to view in your search.

Way No. 2:  On right hand side of my blog, scroll down 'til the very last thing called "Labels".  This generally groups like artwork together.  Generally.  It is only as effective as the guy who "tagged" the paintings with the label, which in this case would be Eddie.  Please direct all complaints for errors to him. Pin It

"Ready and Waiting in Italy" SOLD

"Ready and Waiting in Italy" 

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Threshold

A word of promise. A place from where one can actually see what is there.

No longer around the next bend in the road, covered in mist, dropping away from us.

Threshold.

An entrance to. It takes action on our part to move into the place we see. It is there, within reach.

Threshold.

It is a time and place that is a pause. We are between what has been and what is almost now certainly here.We reflect.  It is good to reflect, to understand how momentous this is.

Threshold.

We welcome this robust demarcation line between. No gray area of sides. That was then . This is now and just on the other side, the future. My future. Your future.

Threshold.

Is it a coming home or a journeying forth? Depends on where you are headed and where you have been. It doesn't matter. What matters now is that you are here, now, at the opening to,  the entrance of your life.

Pin It

"La France Pour L'ete" (France for the Summer) SOLD

"La France Pour L'ete"

6 x 6 in oil on museum quality panel
$200

Ahhh.....la France pour l'ete'.....France for the summer.  The minute the windows are flung open, all the  memories of past summers come rushing back.  Books to unpack to be read later, a  paint box of watercolors, and lots of pen and paper for writing.  That's about all that's needed.  French countryside provides the rest.  Roses blooming just outside the window, sun shining on weathered walls and endless summer days.

 For now, just lean in the door way and take it all in....the first day of summer in France.  What are you gonna do?

Pin It

"Bliss Blue French" SOLD

"Bliss Blue French"

6 x 6 in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Periwinkle blue is a favorite color of mine.  Obviously I am not alone in this ----  turn down any street in the south of France and you're likely to happen upon this delicious color dusted onto shutters, doors, gates and the like.  And what always makes the blue so blissful is the addition of just the right touch of pinks and reds in the way of a scented welcome. 

 On this spring day, I am heading out to the market to pick up a loaf of fresh baked--what else---French bread..:))  Later my friends (you know who you are...:)) and I will share it, with a big dollop of creamy butter, and sip our glasses of Merlot together....and since it's such a lazy, blissful afternoon.... we'll spend the rest of the day curled up in overstuffed chairs with our favorite books.  And maybe take a nap....Eddie says 16 hours of sleep a day is just the right amount....:)  This is one time I am not going to argue with Eddie....

Pin It

"Italiano Entrata Gated" SOLD

"Italiano Entrata Gated"

6 x 6 in oil on museum quality panel

$200

I love a good mystery and there is mystery with the gated entry.





Especially when the gate is iron and framed with roses. The spacing of the bars on the gate allow for air and sunlight to pass through, but keep out the stresses of life. It is a private garden, an oasis of coolness, that offers respite.





Today this is your place. Only allow in those with a ready laugh, open to living their life with arms wide open.....drink in the divinity of life at its best...:)





And when you have rested and are ready to leave, slip the key behind the bush on the left. Only those who read this will know where to look for it...:))





Now get on with your day--only you and me know you started the morning out in Italy!

P.S. If you would like to know how to leave a comment on my blog, click here..(each comment left on my blog = another chance to win one of my petite paintings that I give away each month!)

Pin It