If you were to ask me how my artistic process is going, I would tell you that I’m currently stuck in what I would describe as a creative slump.   I have not been inspired to create anything that really makes my heart sing.  I have been spending a lot of time pondering on what my next big artistic endeavor will be, but nothing comes. There are ideas dangling at the recesses of my mind but I can’t seem to let one of them come forward to the part of my brain that helps me formulate how to make my ideas into a reality. I know that there is an idea waiting to be turned into art within me. Over the years, I have learned to be patient with myself.  Any extra pressure I put on myself to create is futile.  I am continuing to learn how to lean into the unknown and just be present with the uncertainty of what’s next artistically.

I have kept my hands busy by continuing to create very small spring and summer garden scenes. Creating flowers is something I know how to do very well and while the small garden scenes serve their purpose, the reality is, I need to be challenged a little more.  I enjoy when my comfort zone gets to expand in order to create something new and different.

Sometimes exploring new ways of doing art work is exhilarating!  I find myself taking what I comfortably know and tackling it in a new way within my creative process.  Creating something by experimentation means that there is always a chance that the finished product may fall short of my expectations.  This has happened to me many times. However, when it does work out, it takes my art to a new level of creative expression that makes me glad I took the time to achieve.

As I wait for this creative slump to turn into creative success which I know it will.   I hope you enjoy this little spring garden “By the Old Stone Wall” that I created from the fabric I painted and shared in our last newsletter.