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2019 Year of Art in Review

My work-life balance in 2019 was less healthy than 2018.   Surprisingly, though, there were more art accomplishments over the year than I expected.  

Those arts-related accomplishments for 2019 include having:
  • *Made 29 Blog Posts
  • *Completed a video log (VLOG) for every day in February!
  • *Produced 2 iMovies of art piece processes
  • *Continued my art journal practice and completed 43 pages
  • *Watched and totally enjoyed these movies:  The Biggest Little Farm, Rocketman, Pavarotti, The Public, Knives Out, and Aeronauts
  • *Created about 40 new shimmering ornaments  
  • *Visited the wonderful Mosaic Tile House in southern Cailfornia with a creative friend 
  • *Enjoyed a Creative Club art-making session (to decorate wooden bird houses)
  • *Attended a special Chris Botti trumpet concert at a local outdoor arts venue
  • *Made 2 collages in 2019 Woman Unleashed Online Retreat (Winter solstice) 
  • *Kept an Awesome Jar and have reviewed the contents (self-affirming messages of appreciation/positivity from others)
  • *Finished a Telemadera piece with a complementary paper background
  • *Served as Lightboard Operator for a local musical production of 'Mamma Mia' and received Tech Award for the effort
  • Participated as an artist at my first chalk art festival and used the Telemadera design for my sidewalk creation

    (and these are in addition to having walked more than 625 miles in the calendar year!

With a new year-long online art course beginning January 8th and a week of art retreating later in 2020, I have the perfect opportunity to do more regular practice and actually produce finished work in the new decade.  Welcome 2020! 
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