Adventure Journal — seeker

Just over a year ago, I wrote a list in my journal: What I want to be when I grow up. (Granted I'm over 40, but I've still rarely feel “grown up.” That usually only happens when I have to do something like taxes or insurance.)  Here are some of the occupations that are on my list: fabric designer farmer artist vintage sales writer traveler house flipper overseas development Slightly random, I know. But there are trends: creating beauty and living adventure-fully. I not sure what or when or how or even if, I could attempt any of these. But, I'll keep exploring some...

There are two main ways I connect with the higher power...(for simplicity's sake I'll call God):  Creating and Nature. In the past, connecting with God through Nature meant days long backpacking trips or hours spent in the canyons of Smith Rock climbing. When I began working full time, I had to find ways to connect with God in a shorter stints of time. That's when my Traveling Art Pouch came into being.  The above piece began as an exploratory of a new traveling watercolor kit. Green has always been my go to color: hence, the color of the basecampvagabond 1979 VW Bus. I had been...

I am enthralled with the mandala form. When creating this piece, I remember wondering if the mandala would be more uniform if I used a square space, rather than the rectangle of my paper, similar to when you fold a square for origami. I was experimented with different shades of color in my watercolor kit. In many of my pieces, I depict my soul, as a purple color. Any soul, mine included is complex:  purple can be a complex color to mix to the exact shade that is swirling in my mind. In this piece, my soul was muddied, not the brilliant purple I want to...