I currently use decorative doors for my booth display when participating in events. What started as a cute enhancement to add dimension and draw the eye upward from my table, later revealed itself as another facet of this ministry and mission to draw eyes “upward” from the tables of our hearts to God. It all …
Designs in the Vault
In an effort to minimize visual overwhelm on my site and make room for new designs, I’ll occasionally send a design to rest in my design vault (aka file drawer) where it can kick back, relax, sip some coffee, and perhaps gear up for a future appearance. Below you’ll find the newest, shall we call …
A Bowl in the Belfry
A Behind The Brush look at ‘Butterfly Whims’ (Belfry Theatre blog named it “Spirits Fly”) In honor of the Belfry Music Theatre grand re-opening in Williams Bay, WI, local artists were invited to creatively express on wooden bowls their interpretation of “A Bowl Full of Laughter”. Naturally I was delighted to participate and at first …
Get a “Real” Job?! Gee, thanks.
Creative work has been around for centuries. For as long as they’ve been around, artists, singers, dancers, writers, speakers (and dern it I gotta include mimes)… they’ve all been heckled with “Get a REAL job” by those who don’t understand. And it hurts. It’s hard to NOT take that personally, even to a small degree, …
Flattery Will Get Me Somewhere
You’ve heard the old adage, I know you have, “Flattery will get you nowhere”. There is something powerful in flattery, something rather profound, and I feel compelled to share because it’s a bit of an eye-opener on a fresh perspective. A hundred years ago (give or take a few years) when I was in early …