by shaunnawest | Mar 23, 2021
Painting arrives ready to be framed to include white margin or without. I prefer to frame these paintings with some of the white margin showing…as it provides elegance and highlights the painting well inside a larger frame. I love framing mine in floating...
by shaunnawest | Oct 26, 2023 | Writing
My spine goes cold & yet, beads of sweat burst from my forehead. Shit. It’s happening. Nothing was “wrong.” I was playing a game with the kids & have no current mental stressors, no obvious triggers. Before I can blink, the room spins, my chest seizes, and my...
by shaunnawest | Sep 26, 2022 | Writing, Lifestyle/Travel
My friend Michael at Inspired by Charm shared a life update a couple of weeks ago, and it made me miss the old days of blogging so much! We really did journal our lives on our blogs, and you all came along side us. While I love the style of writing I share, it was...
by shaunnawest | Aug 23, 2022 | Writing
You know, a while back, I realized while I tended to make “smart” choices, I was not always practical. This was a revelation to me, as I had always assumed making thought out plans meant I was a practical person. The truth is, though, I slowly became more...
by shaunnawest | Mar 2, 2021 | Writing, Painting
I’ve always had a soft spot for words and art. I am not typically, however, drawn to word art. Words came to me much earlier in my life, as I wrote my first short story before I was in the second grade. Art, though, specifically paintings, came much later. It...