by shaunnawest | Jul 5, 2022 | Writing, Painting
Everyone is an artist in some form or another. I know, I didn’t believe that for a long time either. The best thing you can ever do for yourself is follow your mild, moderate, and insane passions. In the quiet of your mind and in the spark of your soul, What do...
by shaunnawest | Mar 3, 2022 | Painting
I have found that after major seasons of productivity, I tend to deeply need rest. Rest, in the physical sense, yes. But I need creative rest, mental rest. Rest so I may keep pouring out into my life, my family, my work. After last year’s 100 Landscapes...
by shaunnawest | Feb 14, 2022 | Painting
Before Christmas break, I really got into painting Artist Palettes. It’s a simple exercise really, but building a palette does take time and thought. What would a palette look like after I’d completed a painting? I find most of the time, I stare at my...
by shaunnawest | Nov 29, 2021 | Painting
Now that I am down to 11 paintings left in my 100 paintings for the year, I was itching to do something different. I began experimenting and playing. A project I am working on is building a wall of artist palette paintings in my studio and it occurred to me to paint...
by shaunnawest | Nov 3, 2021 | Painting
Hello my lovely friends. When I began this journey of painting 100 paintings in a year, I really had no idea how much it would stretch me and how much I would learn. I’ve learned so much about my own style, and what comes out of my hands naturally. I feel more...
by shaunnawest | Nov 2, 2021 | Painting
So you know I love my friend, Michael. He’s so talented lovely to follow and began as an acquaintance years ago (through blogging), became a client, and now we want to vacation with him every year. He’s just the best, and has been so supportive of my art...
