More "Reclaimed: An Artist's Book"
Here are two journal pages that I created last night I thought I'd share with you...
One thing about when you work in a journal, remember: It's a journal. It's your safe haven. It's your place to explore and test and play and document and see what happens. It's not a place to judge. It's your journal. 
Just like this is my journal. It's hard as an artist when you put yourself out there...I post all of my journal pages. It's not a "see what I did" type thing. It's more to inspire. It's more to document my life. It's more to show people that with art, there's good and bad :) I put up the good and the bad pages. Not that they should be judged that way. When you look at the journal pages in books and magazines, for every one good page there's a few that the artist didn't want you to see. To me though, art is about the process. It's not about the final outcome. It's not about how pretty it is. It's not about how trendy it is. It's real. It's honest. It's me. It's me doing what I love to do-paint, cut and glue.
It's me sharing my journey with you. I appreciate all of you that travel along with me.
Go make art for *you*.
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Those of you in So CA, please stay safe. I had to postpone my Thousand Oaks workshop today because of the fires. Please please stay safe.
Every year it is the same thing with these fires. Something needs to be done. We need to figure out how the brush can be cleared. It would be a good way to put people to work and to create new jobs at a time where many are out of work.
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Kudos to those who marched today. No on 8. Equal rights for all.
One thing about when you work in a journal, remember: It's a journal. It's your safe haven. It's your place to explore and test and play and document and see what happens. It's not a place to judge. It's your journal. 
Just like this is my journal. It's hard as an artist when you put yourself out there...I post all of my journal pages. It's not a "see what I did" type thing. It's more to inspire. It's more to document my life. It's more to show people that with art, there's good and bad :) I put up the good and the bad pages. Not that they should be judged that way. When you look at the journal pages in books and magazines, for every one good page there's a few that the artist didn't want you to see. To me though, art is about the process. It's not about the final outcome. It's not about how pretty it is. It's not about how trendy it is. It's real. It's honest. It's me. It's me doing what I love to do-paint, cut and glue.
It's me sharing my journey with you. I appreciate all of you that travel along with me.
Go make art for *you*.*****
Those of you in So CA, please stay safe. I had to postpone my Thousand Oaks workshop today because of the fires. Please please stay safe.
Every year it is the same thing with these fires. Something needs to be done. We need to figure out how the brush can be cleared. It would be a good way to put people to work and to create new jobs at a time where many are out of work.
***
Kudos to those who marched today. No on 8. Equal rights for all.
Comments
So, please keep on creating your pages, and showing them. It inspires me to get up and create!
Jacquelene L.
Toronto, Canada
Completely and totally cool journal pages....very
you and really inspiring!!!
Meghan in Mass
I love this journal, it is awesome. You could publish it. :D Thanks for sharing your work.
Nothing wrong with making bad art, lol. It is still fun!