Happy New Year

Hi Everyone!

All things change. When we are young we never think too far ahead. Life is exciting and we are learning how to make our place in the world. All of the world or just our little space in it. We don't think that one day we will wake up old age has changed the look of our faces, the way we walk, the way we feel about things and of course we never think we will be sick, or blind, or deaf. All things change. Getting old brings on some social disappointments too. It is more difficult to make friends, be invited to parties, and the youngsters laugh and have no respect for the year of experience. It is a strange place to be old and as most of you know I DISLIKE it very much. With all of the changes I still feel young in my mind, I still see things with young eyes, and hear my little part of the world with the beauty of my surroundings. All things change and I am hoping, no praying that in 2020 things change for the better. 

Wishing all of you the happiest, most beautiful, loving, and healthy 2020

 

Nicole/DVArtist

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Tuesdays Treauses

Hi Everyone!

Tuesday's Treasures. Enjoy the peaceful beauty.

Please click on the photo to see how spectacular these places are.

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Monday Memories

Hi Everyone!

Another day of memories. For a few years M and I lived remote in the Bitterroot MT of N. Idaho. We lived off the land and only once a year or so we would travel into town for staples. It was one of the best times of my life. Once we decided to move to a place with people and things it was way out of any town. We both obtained jobs at a resort and still lived up on the MT. side. It was very difficult to move into a cabin for winter. The confinement was suffocating.  Here are some photos that, for me, bring back such fun and wonderful memories. This was in the 1980's.  Happy memory day!

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Just a fun day me and my dog.	We had Grouse that night for  dinner.
I couldn't wait to get off work and outside.	This was can shooting.
Spring was here.	Just a happy dog day.

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Sunday Dec 29

Hi Everyone!

Thank you all for the wonderful comments and healing prayers for my eye. It means so much to me. With my eye losing sight, I have decided to try the type of art that I have been wanting to, but just never did and put it off. I have always wanted to draw perspective. Since I am really quite the novice to drawing I have been watching a fantastic perspective artist from Circle Line Art School.  This is my first attempt so laugh with me and not at me. LOL

The methodology of it seems very easy.  Putting it on paper not so much. Like anything else it is all in the practice. 

Here is my first.
Click on photo for better view.

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

It is Saturday

Hi Everyone!

Well some of you know I am dealing with a failed eye surgery and has left me blind in 1/3 of my right eye. I have been fighting to get to the proper doctors to try and find out what went wrong during surgery. Of course the surgeon has let me know on many occasions that it is not his fault. Anyway today I have to go to the hospital to pick up a disk that has my MRI and CT scan on it and then send it to the new doctor. I have a feeling that his office not having me sign a release and sending for it themselves is not a good sign. I am trying to be calm but find myself in a panic. The only thing that really takes my mind away is drawing. That time with pencil and paper that allows my mind to focus only on that. I may not be great at it but it is the healing force in my life right now.   

More rocks!

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Friday Dec 27

Hi Everyone!

Yesterday I went to my friend's house to help her with a new art project. While she was working on hers I sketched out some rocks. It really is amazing how paper can change your art. This was done on a very slick paper and found it very difficult to blend. I like paper with a bit more tooth.  How about you? What kind of paper or canvas do you like working with?

Have a great day!

Just Rocks

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Paint Party Friday

Hi Everyone!

I hope all that celebrate had a very nice Christmas. We don't celebrate so our day  is pretty quiet with the exception of being on the phone most of the day with family. All of us live so far away from one another that it is a good thing for phones. LOL

I will be linking up with Paint Party Friday. 

I am hoping to make some changes in my art world for 2020. Maybe taking a different direction with it.  Are you planning any changes with your art?

For today though just a another face.

 

Have a great weekend everyone.

 

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Tuesdays Treasures

Hi Everyone!

Here in Florence, OR. we have quite a bit of wildlife that lives on the beach and right in town. For the last 10 years we have had a doe and her twins come by our neighborhood to eat. The original mama was hit while crossing a street by a tourist a few years ago. So we are thinking this is one of her daughter's and her twins carrying on. You never know when they are going to show up. I will be at the kitchen window and there they are in my side yard. Or like the other day when there was a break in the storm, although still raining, they showed up for a snack. I love seeing them. They just put a smile on my face. 

 

This was a much longer vidi, however, when I was watching it my husband's voice came through swearing at the football game. LOL So I had to edit this.  All of these photos and the vidi were taken inside my house through the front window. That is why you can hear hubby.

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Monday Memories

Hi Everyone! 

More than a few years ago we spent some time at the Oregon Gardens. It was a great time with lots to see. These are just a few of the photos. The one thing that was disappointing is that there is not a restaurant there. This is a very big place with lots of walking through beautiful and fun sections of beauty.

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Sunday Post

Hi Everyone!

I hope your Sunday is going well and that you are doing what you want to do. It is still dark and rainy here. That is our winter so you  would think I would be use to it by now.  I have been doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that. No real plan for today. 

Do you remember this piece I started a few weeks ago? I was so disappointed because I didn't  look up from my page and so the mouth is way off. 

 I was going to throw it away but I am that person, waste not want not. Paper is expensive and sooooooo I tried to fix it.  Here is how it turn out.  Ehhh you know, it's better. LOL

Nicole/DVArtist

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Rainy Day

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to post earlier today but it is so dark and rainy that I could not get a good photo of today's art. It is STILL dark and rainy and I just couldn't get a good shot. Maybe next week with the sun comes out. For now you get the idea.  I hope all of you are having a very nice weekend.  Create and be happy.

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.

Rain's Thursday Art Date and PPF

Hi Everyone!

I have been waiting all week for Thursday Art Date with Rain. The prompt is Holiday stories, carols and lore. Well this story is true and stays with me. 

I laugh about it now but back then I was heart broke.

I was 10 years old and quite the tom-boy. I have 4 younger brothers that looked up to me to show them how to climb trees, make forts, throw a punch and play all the rough and tumble games. My sister loved to join in but she also would spend hours with her dolls.  Since I was 6 or 7 I wanted a horse. I studied all about them from books from the library and would walk to the neighbor's who had 4 houses to help take care of them.  I had spoken to my parents about it and knew without a doubt  what I was getting for Christmas. We had the property and I made sure they knew I would care for my beautiful new horse. It was Christmas morning, my grandparents had arrived the night before  with two huge crate like boxes. They were not warped in bright Christmas paper like the other, smaller, packages they brought. My excitement grew when I saw hay sticking out between some of the slats of wood. There was no doubt now. I was going to open that wooded crate to find it filled with hay to carry out back to my horse. I couldn't stand it. My little brothers and sister were laughing and tearing the colorful wrapping off their gifts. My dad was standing  by the kitchen entrance with a cup of hot coffee in his hand and a satisfied smile on his face and then he winked at me. That was my cue to open the big wooded crate, just then my sister let out with the biggest and happiest cry ever.We all looked over at her. She had a life size doll that she was hugging. Now it was my turn. I pried open the the top of the crate and with out thinking bent over to grab the hay.  Both of my hands reached in deep so I could get as much hay as I could, when something hard stopped me. I looked down to see some blue printed fabric. I kind of gasped as I tossed excelsior (not hay) out of the crate to find my very own life size doll. I sat there stunned in disbelieve. Who in their right mind would get ME a doll? My parents saw that I was up set but before they could say anything I was running out the back to find my horse. The property was empty and so was my heart. 

I cried and cried all day long and I will say I was quite the brat too. I never did get my horse. 

So the art today is my Christmas dream that never came true.  

Be kind it is the first horse I have ever drawn.

I am also linking up with PPF. Thank you Eva and Kristen for hosting

Nicole/DVArtist 

Honor and integrity in art, in life.