Mini Mandala Painting Flash Sale Tomorrow!

When I was up in New Hampshire a couple of weeks ago visiting my friend Em, we not only offered a dreamy mandala painting workshop, we also used our collaborative energy to create this yummy series of 18 mini mandala paintings. I couldn't love each of them more!!!! They felt so special as we really got our creativity flowing while creating them and each of them has a little bit of each of us!

We are planning a flash sale tomorrow of all 18 paintings, to kick off our new shared Instagram account called inourelement (In Our Element) that's the name that we are using for our retreats and collaborative offerings. We hope you'll join us over there where we'll share information about our plans, gatherings, upcoming retreats, as well as pop up sales, art and inspiration. You can click right here to check it out.

I'm really excited about it all....and here are a few of my favorite mini mandala paintings that we'll be offering tomorrow. The sale starts at noon, EST. We'll post all 18 paintings over on Inourelement on IG, if you aren't familiar with the IG pop-up shop format all you need to do to buy a piece is be the first to leave your Paypal email address in the comment section of the painting you want. Then we'll send you a Paypal invoice directly, easy easy! xo

Circles

In my world right now...

“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.”

~May Sarton 

We've got some pretty huge garden renovation projects going on around here, more on that this week!

Marrakesh

Marrakesh

Sometimes when I am working on a large group of new paintings I have a couple in progress that are pure fun, that I jump in and out of when I need a light hearted romp to play with color. Marrakesh is such a painting, built on daydreams and fancy. I've been loving this blog about life in Marrakesh for a while, and some day dream of going there. I'm picturing sitting by a lotus pond on a blindingly sunny brilliant day,

You step inside to the cool of the shaded courtyard,

Where the soft sound of the trickling fountain refreshes you, but there are surprises waiting for you through the courtyard door, beckoning you out again,

Out onto the winding, dusty streets, with crumbling walls and inspiration in every direction.

Out into the dark bazaar, where light sneaks through the slatted ceiling and exotic wares of every kind catch your eye.

OK, OK, enough day dreaming*. I'm snapping out of it and heading back to the studio. Sending you lovely weekend wishes. Prints of Marrakesh are now available here.

One last note...I had a nice surprise this morning, my new painting Cinder and Smoke, along with another of my paintings called Essence, were featured on the front page of Lovely Clusters in this beautiful spread...

*I took all of the "Morocco" photos at Epcot in their version of Marrakesh, a pretty cool place to wander around and daydream.

Haven

Haven

::Your heart is my haven, between mountain and sea::

A sweet new painting inspired by origami paper and thoughts on love. Here are those little birds again, I am really loving them, I think I'd hug them if I could!
They have found a soft landing here, a safe haven.
This print is new in the shop today.
Happy weekending!

Patterns

Patterns, originally uploaded by leavesandfeathers.

I just learned how to create a photo mosaic, something I have been wondering how to do for ages. It was so fun that I may have found a new addiction, here I am up too late thinking, "oh come on just make one more!"
I found out about this site that has a program that allows you to create a mosaic through your Flickr account, here I used photos of natural patterns that I took throughout last year.
If you've ever wanted to make one, well I can tell you it just couldn't be easier!
And, my totes are now available for sale here and here!