Journal - Stop Blaming Yourself

I started photographing my journal in the fall of 2010 and I thought it would be cool to get a beginning and ending process.

Every September after I go to curriculum nights I feel an overwhelming amount of guilt that I wasn't able to hold my family together. I feel bad for my boys that they are shuffled between two households and they don't have the stability that kids with still-married parents.

But, then I take a deep breath and know that I did the right thing for me which means I did the best I could for them. They are loved. Andy loves them. I love them. And we do the best we can with the situation at hand.

The On the Fence series to me are little words of encouragement and advice. The words may be small and hidden in the painting where you have to be close to see it but once you see it you know it's there and that's what you tell yourself when you see the painting.

Stop blaming yourself. Forgive yourself.


It's good advice.

Here's more good advice: Join us at House of Shine and help send some shine by participating in the Yellow Envelope Project!

On the Horizon- That's Amore

The On the Fence series has morphed into On the Horizon series. This 12 x 12 acrylic piece was completely different last Friday. It just needs some varnish to make it pop. Another one of my favorites.

On the Fence: A Work in Progress

12 x 12 Acrylic and Collage.

I know it has a big heart on it but be patient with me. It's going to be an On The Fence piece.

Maybe.

On the Fence - The Grass is Greener

Oh dear. One month in and I already do not have enough paintings for the On the Fence series. Oh well. I'm not going to stress over it. I may change gears on you by the looks of the paintings laying on my floor in the living room. If it was warmer I would paint, but it is too darn cold!

The painting below does not look like the painting below:

It now looks like this:
Left side detail:

Right side detail:

Grass detail:

And who knows what it will look like in another month. I want to varnish and live with it a while longer and see where it goes.

Each piece is 12 x 12, acrylic with collage.

On the Fence - See the Beauty

For Jessie

On the Fence - Abstract Horizontal

12 x 12 acrylic

On the Fence - Abstract Veritcal

12 x 12 acrylic

On the Fence - How Far is Heaven

anywhere with you

12 x 12 acrylic

There are many layers to this painting. And in person, I don't think you notice the under-layer that you can see in this photo.