Room to Create

Room to Create
Art for your Home and Spirit 245 Harrison Ave. Harrison, NY

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Harrison, New York, United States
I love to create and decorate. We now have a store front that exhibits paintings, assemblages, photography, jewelry, pottery and other unique gift items. I'm a mural artist which also extends to painting on anything else. And the tile idea, I have to give credit to my friend Emelio, who I have painted many tiles for.... I also teach art to kids. Kids are good for your art. They free you up!

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Guardian of the Home

This is what I had on the easel at home. Edges need to be finished.  She is put together from pieces I found cleaning my art room and recycling an old canvas.  Home is key right now and I want it to be as comfortable as I can make it.
There certainly is enough to do here and enough materials to keep me busy.
I'm an introvert and I don't mind staying home for the most part. I do need to go out into nature.
Yesterday I gathered some more branches at Read Sanctuary for my planned sculpture.  It was a new area I hadn't been in.  I have an idea for the gallery window, so if you're in the area, keep a lookout for it in the near future.
I'm sewing masks. By hand! I think my machine needs to be oiled or something, but the good thing that came from that is that it feels like another form of meditation. Sewing while listening to music or astrology lectures.  I am grateful for both right now.
One thing I have noticed more is the awareness I have of how my emotions are affecting my body. Paying attention to this brings the awareness more quickly now that it did in the past where it was more accumulative. It became maybe a physical pain that made me take a look.. forced to look.
Pay attention to what your body is saying to you.
Watching news or any media produces feelings of anxiety and it sits in the body.  I want to be informed but not overwhelmed by it. Limiting this intake..
Instead, creating something calms me. It quiets my mind.
CREATIVITY IS THE ANTIDOTE TO FEAR.