I'm working....slowly

HAPPY Spring to us!!

Today is a beautiful windy day in north Texas.  Such a wonderful time of the year when all the plants and trees are budding, birds are chirping, and the squirrels are chasing each other.   

I was supposed to be releasing my new website in early April, but now I'm having cold feet about it.  These days seem so complicated with the economy and foreign affair/world issues.  Should I just keep things as they are on this blog?   I can always forward my domain name here and conduct any business via Paypal invoicing.  Decisions, decisions, decisions.  May Jesus light my path in this area.

In other news... I am getting ready to move, but not really sure where.  Perhaps Richardson.  I'm currently in Wylie and have been here since 2021 while caring for my sister, but now she is with our brother. 

Change is definitely on the way and I've been preparing for it by simplifying my life and throwing out tons of junk.  How did I ever accumulate so much stuff?  

Here are a couple of pics of the studio during packing....

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Artsy fartsy plans 😊

HAPPY Wednesday!!

Now that the date (12/10) for the new website going live is fast approaching, I am finalizing my plans for the future of this website and wanted to see about getting your feedback too.  You can comment below or email me at mdm123@ymail.com to share your thoughts/opinions.

Art Blog ideas that I'm pondering:

1) 1 post a month detailing the "why" behind the art.  (Image Synopsis)

2) 1 post per month for autobiographical stories.   Life experiences tend to show up in my compositions occasionally, so maybe some background info would help viewers go deeper within certain works for contemplation.   ??? 

3) 1 post per month to spotlight an artist that I follow on Instagram.  

4) Do a combo of 1 & 2 per month

5) Do a combo of 2 and 3 per month

6) Do a combo of 2 and alternate between 1 and 3 per month.  That would be 6 image synopsis posts a year and 6 artist spotlight posts a year.

Personally, I like #6 the most and think it offers me a little more flexibility.  What sounds good to you?

I'm ALSO working on setting up a schedule for Instagram as well.  I should be posting at least 5 times a week, so hopefully I can do better with that.  I want to post 2 - 3 drawings a week along with 2 painting in progress posts.  

Plan your work, then work your plan.  💗

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Brutus Kleetus McSpadden

Brutus Kleetus McSpadden

I thought it was high time to do a special post about my wonderful Studio Assistant Brutus Kleetus McSpadden.  He was born on 3/03/16 in Lewisville, so you know he is a proud Texan just like me.   : )

Brutus is like most cats.  He wants to do whatever he wants, whenever he feels like it.  He likes getting Temptations treats a few times a week, but if I try to give them to him everyday, he won't eat them.   ???    Brutus' favorite food is Instinct Chicken dry kibble with freeze dried chicken bits.....he thinks those are special treats just for him and eats them before the rest of the food.  You can find out more about the food he eats by clicking HERE.

Bru, one of his many nicknames, loves to fetch balls and has since he was a kitten.  I have a little video of him:

Bru loves to sit next to me wherever I may happen to be, so I move his blue chair around so that he can sit next to me at my work table or the computer desk.  Here is a pic of him on top of his perch with the blue chair in front.

He likes to look outside to see the neighbors coming and going.  I don't know if you can see it, but that blue chair is all messed up from his scratching over the years.  He has two scratching posts that he uses, but he still claws up that blue chair.  Cats!!!

Here are a couple of other pics of him:

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Getting Personal

I wanted to document a major life change on my website, praying that it might help others.

Here is the text and pics from my 7/19/19 Facebook post:

I just shaved my head. OMG....this is freedom!!

I have wanted to shave off my hair, or what remains of my hair, for the last year and tonight I finally did it. 

If you want the back story.... My hair started thinning during my late 20s. I then adopted a hairstyle that I absolutely hated for over 15 years because I could sorta hide the hairloss...unless I was under a lot of lights. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism when I was 35 and the hair continued to fall out. Like so many other women with this issue, I have tried pills, lotions, potions, etc., and nothing worked for me. I got to the point where something had to change, so I went to a great wig salon (wild4wigs) about 4 years ago and proceeded to go nuts buying different wigs and feeling like I was regaining what I had lost over the years. I wore the clip on wigs, but eventually got tired of them. I will be 46 in couple of months and the shedding continues...my hair was shoulder length, but looking more patchy than ever....it was depressing, so I took the leap. I shaved that hot mess off of my head. I have some full wigs that you may see me wearing when I'm out and about. One is brown rooted blonde wavy beach getup and another one I refer to as my Marilyn wig.

Life is short....if you need to, shave your head!

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