I had a really great time making this...
taking flight into art, love, and life (the blog)
Saturday, February 18, 2006
13 comments :
- Paula said...
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I like the idea; love the music dress: youth has music inside:-)
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5:44 AM
- carla said...
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Nicely done! The face has a distinctive quality to it...wonderful big eyes:> I love the musical dress:>
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5:52 AM
- andrea said...
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You did a great job, and I love her musical dress. Great illo!
andrea -
7:05 AM
- justjohanna said...
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It's beautiful. Love the feel of the whole thing.
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7:08 AM
- AscenderRisesAbove said...
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Loving the music dress; wishing I had one like it. Today it would be the musical notes to "Rock Lobster" by the B-52's
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8:58 AM
- Rachel said...
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I really enjoy your work. I came upon your site and was looking through your photos. I had always wanted to visit portland and in October I did. I went to the coast also, and seeing your pictures brought back all the wonder of my visit. Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see what's next!
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10:14 AM
- ValGalArt said...
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i see and feel your joy! love this!
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11:18 AM
- Alessandro_PPG said...
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Estou divulgando o meu blogger! Abraços e parabéns pelo casal bonito!
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1:22 PM
- HARDWAX said...
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Somestimes I see something that is sweet and unique, love your very musical illustration.
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1:55 PM
- Joy Eliz said...
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Very beautiful!
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2:16 PM
- Alexa Brett said...
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I love what you did with this composition! It very expressive and pretty!
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3:38 PM
- Laini Taylor said...
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Hi Kellyrae! Thanks for your comment on my site - it was cool to find another Portlander. Yay, Portland! I love this art piece and the altered book below -- really really fun stuff. Also, that picture of your dog hugging her sock monkey is too cute! You asked if I'd been to the store Collage -- I have (love Alberta!) but I go more often to Art House on Broadway and First Impressions on Fremont. Finding stores like that have influenced my art so much. Looking forward to keeping in touch and learning more about you! Have been trying to get a creative women's group together locally -- you sound like you'd fit right in!
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3:16 PM
- Hartelief Yvonne said...
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Wow Kelly, Time has passed since this one!! I totally LOVE to see this first attempt. Doesn't it show that we all started somewhere and that the first attempt should stop you from painting again, and again... I guess back then you'd never guessed that today you are where you are. So much admiration that you didn't clean out your older work!!! This is the biggest show-off that everything's possible!!!
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3:59 PM
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my journey (in chronological order from 2006 - 2009 ) into the creative life
- the whispers of inspiration
- the beginning
- feeling my heart lift
- obsessed
- first attempt at girlie painting
- humble beginnings
- i've come a long way since this
- when everything changed
- finding my style
- a review of that first year
- deciding to take the leap
- selling my first item on etsy
- beginning to build a business
- launching my website
- learning to be fearless
- still working out my style
- up up and away
- my first showing
- first gallery opening
- spilling myself into a book proposal
- book proposal accepted!
- the gremlins
- a more cohesive style emerges
- working on book projects
- published in a magazine for the first time
- a trip to ohio to meet with book publisher
- quitting my day job
- where i wrote the book
- embracing my vulnerabilities
- showing at a big san fran art festival
- licensing for the first time
- on guilt + the blues
- becoming a possibilitarian
- figuring out wholeness
- burnout
- on becoming
- on saying no
- on magic + beginnings
- on anxiety
- finally seeing myself
- finding my community
- book is released
- teaching for the first time
- thoughts on riding the wave
- teaching in italy
- new studio space in seattle
- creative style turning point
- pretending until we're not
- new affirmation paintings emerge
- hired an assistant
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- feeling the pressure of it all
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- figuring out how to take care of myself
- on wanting to pinch myself
- on giving my medicine to the world
- some thoughts after three years of all of this
- on expanding my biz vision after a trip to kansas
- telling the truth about hard days
- on creative expansiveness
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