Spring Girl

I love that its officially spring. Isabella asked me to paint my sweet girl with pink hair and I tried but black won out. What is a girl to do. I have a-lot going on here. There are lots of layers of paper and she is walking through the night with the light of the moon showing her the way. Here she is on her way home.  Oh and guess what I sold a couple things on Etsy. I am so excited. I jumped when I got the email form them. Its like a dream come true. Yes as silly as that sounds . I always wanted to do this and I am doing it. 

 There are a couple classes I signed up for next month . Yay!!  How exciting. I think I will do a blog post on all the classes I have taken. I have learned from all of them. There are a couple I watch over and over again.
 I hope Spring is coming your way and that the snow melts if its cold where you live. My sweet girl will be on Etsy in just a bit. Happy Day Peeps...

Two of us

I finished. I like it . What do you think ? Want to know what I see here. Its about forgiveness. I had a situation once with a girlfriend that taught me a-lot about myself and the lack of boundaries I had. Since then we have made up and most importantly I learned about how much I really needed to make boundaries in life. I learned what behaviors where OK on my part and what I was not OK with. I learned that saying no is OK. That my time is really important and that picking who I spend it with is huge. My kids and family come first then there is a little bit left for friends. I wish I had more but the great thing about life is that I hope in couple years when my kids need me less there will be time for all that other stuff. Back to my mixed media painting. Its about two friend and its about forgiveness.  I am having fun practicing what I love and in itsy bits steps improving.  Have a wonderful Day and she will be in my easy shop tonight. Go check it out. Thank you for stopping by.

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Happy Weekend

The weekend is here and if you live in  San diego then you can hear the rain just like me. I love the sound of the rain its so beautiful. I am slowly working on my sister love portrait. I feel like I might need longer hair. I was reading today about how great it is to be an amature at something you love because then you can just try it everything about your passion as you learn about it. That is so true. I am loving spending a little bit of time each day just exploring my love for these paint brushes.  I hope you get to practice what you love this weekend even if its 20 minutes.. 

Painting my sister and late night thoughts

I had this dream about my sister Carmen and I then this picture happened. I miss her sweet touch and her littleness. I am going o go visit her this weekend for sure. I was watching a video from an on line class I am taking and she said to just relax with your stroke. I don't know why this stayed with me but it did. Just relax with my brush stroke and keep the brush moving. Its crazy how much alike running and painting are in my head. Its the same thing with running that make s a difference for long distances. Time on your feet . Painting too. Time with the paint brush in my hand. 

I know exactly what I am painting but I do fuss over the colors I want to use way to much.
Let go G..Just go G ..That's my painting mantra. I will finish this tomorrow night as soon as baby Jack goes to sleep. I love that I am so tired but I am fighting it because I have a vision in my head and I am trying to put it on a canvas. Kinda cool once again in my head.

This is me right now at 12:30 at night. Excited to be here and tired too. I love having passion for what I want and love . I love the feeling of wanting something that I have to work hard to learn and understand . I was thinking shit in 8 years when I turn 50 I will be a way better artist. I can't wait. Oh and in the running world maybe when I am 50 I will be able to qualify for Boston. (that's me being funny )
Good night.

Not sure but I like that

There is something very freeing about working on something and not having a plan. I like the feeling of letting go of any expectations of what will happen and just letting things happen. I have been showing up at my art table every night and paying attention to my creativity light bulb. I used to want to be a fast runner until the day I figured out I just want to run. I want to do what feels essential to my being and that includes lots of movement and that for me comes from running.  I have a-lot of crap that leaves my being when I run and its one of those things that just sets me free. When it comes to painting I am starting to feel the same way. I just want to create and share my stuff because I love creating and it makes me excited to be able to share. Its funny because I don't really think anyone reads my blog so it make it easier to share . Above all my silly writing is what I am working on now. Its a big white canvas and I work a little bit on it everyday. It helps me work on letting go and it helps me stay in love with my craft.  I have been feeling more free with my paint brush and it comes from practicing every day. What I expect from myself is to show up . Progress is progress no matter how small. I am not sure what I am creating but I like it. I am leading with my paintbrush and painting with my heart. Thats enough.

My Little Fish Girl

This is the kind of drawing painting that lets my imagination run free. I can totally see the story when I see images like this one. Sometimes when I run really long distances thats what I do. I see an image and I save it in my head and then I just make up the story for miles. So today I got to run. Yay me.. and I of course had this image in my head. I could my sweet little fish girl I painted last night walking home. She looks happy and proud that she was able to catch so many fish. I know its a-lot but hey…She has a-lot of brothers and sisters. I like the that you can see the paper underneath too. Its french paper..So fancy.

My little Fish girl with her proud catch of the week waling home with a huge proud smile on her face.
Have a wonderful Valentines day..

Painted Fish

Tonight I painted fish. When I was painting my sweet rose carrying girl I saw a girl with fish on her head. The story I made up before I painted her was this one. She went to the river to collect fish for her family. She was happy because her catch was so plentiful. She was walking home with her basket full of fish and she pulled her cart. The sun was shinning and life at that moment was perfect. She was in that good moment and that was enough. 

On The Mantle

Today is the second day I have been able to run with no pain. I am taking it slowly and keeping my fingers crossed .. I took baby Jack out with him and pushed him in the running stroller. I have pushed all my kids in running strollers and they have seriously improved . The best thing about The BOB are the shocks and the wrap around your wrist band so that the stroller does not get away from you . As a  mom that would be the worst thing to have your stroller run ahead of you.. OMG
So I think this is a better picture of my painting. I painted my entire living room this color, the blue you see in the back round and as soon as I get curtains I will show you.  

A Single Rose

A couple years ago a friend gave me a small card. It was an American Greeting card and it had a tiny little girl and I remember she looked some what like the girl I wanted to paint. I was inspired then and I still am. I adore little girl drawings and paintings. When I see them I feel all pink inside. I can't get enough. 

I have also been working on layering. and the more I practice the more I am able to see what I like and how things work together. 

She reminds me of a friend I made at a retreat Rachel . I love red heads. I just adore the freckles there so cute to me. I hope that's OK to say. So here is my new painting.  I felt like they were walking home from picking roses. The little girl has a cute little basket with her flowers in it. 

I thought about what quote went perfect with them. I think I found it. I am excited to say I will be putting her in my Etsy shop soon. Thanks exciting to me.

A single rose can be garden…A single friend my world.

Always Leave Room for Magic

Here she is. I finished her last night. I like that I can see all the wonderful woman who I feel I am influences by in this painting. She has her arms wide open and she is not alone . She is a true believer in the magic of our imagination. 

I just love how cute she is .

I used all the colors that make me happy. She is not perfect just like me.
I opened my easy shop again and she is for sale. This makes me feel incredibly insecure but  I am doing it. I put the link on the side bar if you are interested. Thank you and I am of to swimming.

Monday Blues

I find myself to be in a sweet and salty place. I had many dreams of races I wanted to run this year but my hip is not feeling like its going to heal anytime soon. I might be feeling like that because I am right in the middle of it. They told me it was muscle strain of the thigh or we could use the fancy term Tensor fascia lata syndrome.  Its just a very annoying pain that gets worse the more I walk but I can't stop walking so I just deal with it. I am feeling sad because running is what I do to deal with stress and it helps me deal with life. I also have all theses races I signed up for that I am afraid I won't be able to run. The good thing is my dad will happily use my bibs. I also feel left out of a world I love. Left out of my sweet little running world. I have dates with my dad that revolve around running and they are what I look forward to the most when it comes to just me . ( I say that because my kids are first ) but outside of them and just me its running with my dad. I will keep you posted with my progress..I find myself faking it till I make it and Create a smile.. is my motto for this week..

Color of mom

An exciting thing happened to me on the way to the store as I was driving along  I  had a light bulb moment. I think I am maturing or as someone told me getting motherly . I saw this mom walking with her kids and I totally got it and accepted the fact that I don't really want to anything else right now except be a good mom to my kids and take care of my hip thing . I would be lying if I did not mention that I still can not run and yes its super frustrating and I am so jealous of people that can and I miss it level 100 . I can't run at all it just hurts but I am starting physical therapy Friday and I am focusing on exercising my arms and core for now. So the whole mommy feeling..I want to talk about that. I often feel like I don't want to become boring or I do not dress up anymore because my days are spent driving to school and driving to YMCA. I guess I am a little afraid of becoming nothing more than a mom. I know I am way more than that but I feel if I take out the running from my life whats left is the mom in me and that's it..When I was watching that mom walking with her kids I understood that she was way more than just there mom she was also a bunch of other things.. I am other things beside a runner . I am an artist and a sister . I am a role model and a best friend. I do know that my most important part I am playing in this life right now is taking care of my kids but its just good to remember that I am more than a mom.
I am also super inspired right now by cuteness. I am on my third girl and I can't wait to show you. I told myself I would paint one a week and so far I am doing well. They are so cute. I can't wait to finish my third one tomorrow and I will show you all four next week. I miss writing on my blog so you might find some random stories here in the next few days that because I need to get back in the swing of posting in my little piece of the Internet..