Washington Street Market

This is my first art show of the year and I am VERY excited!

I have worked hard creating inspirational art for you.

If you do not live in the area, I invite you to go to my on-line store.

http://www.teresacashart.com

Thank You for all of your support and encouragement.

I couldn't do this without YOU!

Never Give Up

Today I was reflecting on the reason I invite you to follow my art journey.   The reason is to be an example.  To hopefully encourage anyone/everyone that if you are the least bit interested in creating art then take it from me.  If I can do it, so can you!  One of the first pieces of art I create delivered a message "It doesn't matter how you get there or how long it takes, JUST BEGIN TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF YOUR DREAMS".   So that is exactly what I did.  I just began.   When I first started out I had no clue what I was doing.  The first time I heard an artist that I admire admit that she made a bad piece of art I got excited.  I then developed the confidence to keep trying knowing that eventually I would improve.

I dawned on me that mostly I show art that looks good that I am comfortable attaching my name to it.  I hardly ever show you a pieces that didn't turn out as I had hoped, there have been many.

If I want you to follow my creative journey and perhaps encourage you then I am willing to show you a piece of art that went south quickly.






I started using  pastels, drawing loosely,  the scene of a young girl releasing butterflies in field where is a trees and flowers.    I was liking it and then it took a turn down a slippery slope, quickly.  So I sanded it thinking it would help make it look more loose and get rid of the defined edges.

 Then I covered it with Quinacridone/Nickel Azo Gold to give it a vintage look.  While it was still damp I sanded it some more.  "Oh My", I exclaimed..."What have I done?"  It looked awful.









                                      One thing I have learned, for sure, is to NEVER GIVE UP!!!!  

Never Give Up on a piece of art  -  Never Give Up on following your passion.  

I am passionate about being an artist and in this moment I am passionate about turning this pice around.

I began by:
*acrylic transfer of book text for
  texture
*stamping with a floral stamp

*stamping using the inside of
  cardboard
*mark making with Distress Ink
  walnut stain
*added shadows
*added words wisdom and
  spirituality which seemed to fit
  perfectly

*dropped white paint.

Learning to trust

90% of the time, I meditate daily, at least 15minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the evening.  Most of time I find it fairly easy to quiet my mind or at least let the thoughts come and go as they please, without judgment.

In the winter or rainy days I sit in my living room with the blinds closed to keep the outside world at bay.  Incense burning (hmmm... I love incense) in the background. This morning I'm sitting on the couch in my comfy lavender bathrobe with Marmalade (my cat) sitting on my lap.


This meditation was an exception to my norm.  I am well on my way into a realm of relaxation when I felt this incredible urge to STOP, get my journal, and sketch me meditating.  I mean it was an appeal I could not deny.  I remarked out loud, "OK.  If that's what I am suppose to do, so be it".

         Here is the drawing     -------------->

For those of you who follow me on  FaceBook know that I want to be looser in my art/drawings.  For the past several days,  I have been practicing by drawing quickly while I am taking a break from my yard work.



I am finding it so rewarding that I have been able to get out of the way and simply do what I am guided to to.  We all have those moments, don't we?

I am learning to trust.   Not only in my capability to draw, even tho that is big for me, it goes beyond that.  I am learning to trust ME, again.  I have obstacles that have been weighing heavy on my mind and sadly enough on my heart.  Clouding over my beliefs in myself and what my purpose is.  I remembered a quote I read a long time ago, "be grateful for all gifts given to you even tho you don't the way it is wrapped".  As I continue to trust I am, once again, seeing that what I have been perceiving as obstacles are just gifts/opportunities given to me in a way that I do not like.  Nonetheless, they are gifts, when I see them in a new way they become opportunities for growth instead of thorns in my side.  That makes my heart smile!

what's been going on

I just realized I've have  been kinda quiet on this blog.  Oops!  That's not on purpose!
If you haven't heard from me in a while and you wonder what I'm up to just come on over to my FaceBook page.  www.facebook.com/teresacashart

I have been busy prepping for art shows, art classes, and creating art.  Let me show you what I've created thus far.

 
 

 

Nuggets of Inspiration

What is a “Nugget of Inspiration”?

The art I create comes from my heart, often times but not always, containing a message of Simple Truth/Simple Reminders.  The messages on the art being, either verbal or non-verbal, serves as an inspiration or sparks a thought.  

My customers have been requesting that I devise a way to re-create smaller versions of the art and to make them affordable to be given as a gifts to anyone and for all occasions.  I listened to their suggestions, hence the Nugget of Inspiration was born.   

Each nugget is:

•  A 5"x7" professional print of original art which is fused to a canvas panel
• The front is sealed with varnish
• 2-wood strips are on back of the panel providing a 1" depth from the wall
• Wire to both wood strips for hanging
•  No frame needed it's ready to hang

ALL original art can be transformed into a 

Nugget of Inspiration.

When you visit my shops and do not see the nugget listed that you want please browse my original art and tell me which one you want made into a Nugget of Inspiration.

Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/teresacashart

Wesbite:  www.teresacashart.com

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have:

teresa@teresacash.com

The purpose of your life is within.

This piece absolutely speaks from the depth of my being.

Reflecting what has been on my mind and heart.

In my meditations,  I have been/am getting closer to affirming the purpose of my life.

When I created her she crossed the finish line with an intense determination to deliver a message:

"The purpose of your life is within."

Today I wanted to challenge myself to do a quick charcoal drawing. 

My ego mind kept chattering of all the household chores that needed to be done.

I hustled ~ got them all done - and got this piece done, too!

I'm doing a 

HaPpY DaNcE!

I'm off to a nice warm bubble bath, now.

"Polarity"

Once upon a time, there was this white canvas panel sitting on my easel.  I decided that it shouldn't remain white any longer.   I got out different colors of ink and smeared them around.  After they dried I dripped Titanium White Airbrush paint on the top.

One evening I was sitting in my studio, I began to notice all these faces that started appearing within this piece.  I had other people telling me they saw even more faces.  It was sorta creepy and cool at the same time!!  After much deliberation...

I decided not to bring any of those faces forward.  I turned canvas upside down to see a different perspective.  There were more faces!   By this time I'm intrigued and getting into the mystery of this piece.  There is one section piece in the middle of the canvas, 2/3rd of the way up.  There is an eye, with the pupil and the iris a clear as a bell.  Can you see it?  I couldn't resist any longer.  Needless to say~that became my starting point.

I got out a palette knife, Burnt Umber paint, and began to bring forth whoever was lurking from behind.  I tried to not have any preconceived idea of what to do I simply wanted to letting her roll out on her own.  My intention was to only paint.  I did know that I was only going to use a palette knife and my fingers, no brushes.

As I continued to paint she evolved.

This piece took me "off-center", out of the realm of my normal way of creating.  I feel my art can be safe sometimes and my desire is to learn to loosen up. 

"POLARITY"

She is titled "Polarity" because within her outward appearance is a combination of gentle and soft in conjunction with a little rebellion.  The truth is, we all have multiple facets of who we are.  

Am I to learn from this piece to loosen up a little more?

Not just in my art but in my life, as well?

Now that's a whole other thought to contemplate.

“Polarity, or action and reaction, we meet in every part of nature; in darkness and light; in heat and cold; in the ebb and flow of water; in male and female; in the equation of quantity and quality; in the fluids of the animal body; in the systole an”
                                                                                                                                          Ralph Waldo Emerson