A Creative Road Map & Art of the Heart! 02/01/2012
My new painting this week is actually a creative road map! On Sunday, I was fortunate enough to attend Kristen Power's Vision Board and Wishing Stones workshop at Wood Icing. During this workshop, we made our goals and vision for 2012 into art!  We painted and collaged our hopes and dreams! Besides being a good friend, Kristen is an amazing artist and teacher. She's one of those rare people who always brings out the very best in people, and I'm so grateful to have her as a friend. Below are some details of my mixed-media painting. After hand-stamping words and phrases onto decorative paper and painting the paper edges, I adhered the pieces onto my painted the canvas board I had painted. Lastly, I looked at an atlas as a reference and painted the blue roads connecting my dreams.  In 2012, I am trying to plant small seed every day.  Another goal for 2012 is to visit Chicago more to spend time my sister and my favorite niece and nephew!  Had to incorporate my word for 2012, too! If you are in or near the St. Louis area this weekend, please stop by Art of the Heart! Nine local artists and I will be having a Valentine's exhibit and sale at Rung with a portion of all sales proceeds being donated to the Women's Foundation of Greater Saint Louis!  Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Hope you're having a wonderful week! Mary^ CommentsKaePea 02/01/2012 6:17am
Mary your roadmap is awesome! Thank you for being there and for sharing this! xo 02/01/2012 7:07am
this is awesome, the exhibit/sale sounds like fun, wish I where closer...hope you have a wonderful week! 02/01/2012 12:30pm
This is such fun and so successful. Lucky you being able to join this and have your friend running it. 02/01/2012 10:52pm
Mary I'm so happy you are a visionary, many blessings for 2012! 02/02/2012 11:09pm
i like this! 02/02/2012 11:23pm
Your road maps are fascinating. I own a huge collection of maps. I look at them all the time. 02/02/2012 11:38pm
I love your creative road map! The "plant small seeds" really calls to me... something to strive for every day. :) mandy at eight is enough 02/02/2012 11:46pm
this is fantastic...i adore those little hearts you put on your goals...xxx 02/03/2012 11:04am
what a great way to express your journey! Thank you for sharing ! 02/03/2012 1:02pm
I love the distressed look of both the paper and the type face--- it's a great look 02/03/2012 2:25pm
There is something deeply satisfying about sorting out your goals. 02/03/2012 7:52pm
This is so cool and a great idea. Wonderful. 02/04/2012 5:49am
gorgeous work, Mary! Loving how your goals are created into one big map of your life. Very nice. I used maps as backgrounds in my last work - and I had MI under the lighthouse and Mexico under the sail boat. These were for my daughter - MI is our home and Mexico is where her heart is - she goes there and works in a children's home each year. I am loving learning to use maps in my art. You have inspired me to do another map spread. Thanks for posting. 02/05/2012 3:04am
Good luck on your exhibit and sale! It's already February and I haven't even started on my vision board yet!!! 02/05/2012 4:32pm
What a great way to set up your goals. Going to Chicago is also on my goals for this year. Crossing my fingers. Happy PPF!! Renee 02/05/2012 11:33pm
Love your map! (could be mine!!!) 02/06/2012 7:17pm
What a wonderful project for focusing in and bringing to fruition your dreams and plans for the year ahead! I hope your sale went well. My exhibit opening was a success and a lot of fun, too. 02/08/2012 5:06pm
so sad i missed this! i really need to make it over to rung. soon! 02/12/2012 7:13pm
Love your road map and vision board - thanks for sharing with Inspire Me Monday! Maria Guadalupe 02/14/2012 8:53am
I have successfully read 10 or more of your blogs and thoroughly enjoyed them. I am inspired to invite my daughter Joslyn to join me today in making a Dreams & visions collage for 2012 (such a cool idea and painting you made for your visions and dreams). Thanks for the inspiring shares. 02/14/2012 8:55am
Joslyn (age 13) says yes to making a dreams and visions board; she's definitely feeling better today. xoxo Leave a Reply | About Me
I am a painter and art educator living in the Greater St. Louis Area. I love creating mixed-media paintings layered with maps and geologic drawings. This blog is a place for me to share my work and what inspires me. Read more here.  Follow me? Interested in buying my art?
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