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A recent painting of a pool in Bali where I visited in the fall of 2019 as seen on the wall of my living room in January of 2021
January 27th, 2021
The pandemic has been a real challenge like no other that we’ve seen in our lifetime. I’m trying to use the time to get more focused and clear about priorities. I’ve been harvesting experiences from previous travels and incorporating some of them into my art work. It’s certainly a great way to reminisce about those experiences and to decorate the walls in a January like no other!
I’m trying to embrace the quietude that this time has created. Besides seeing clients and spending time with family, I am working on being more in tune with my “voice” as an artist. I don’t have major plans for huge transformations, but more so to go a little deeper and to stay the course. Hopefully soon this pandemic will behind us all. XO Nancy
The pandemic has been a real challenge like no other that we’ve seen in our lifetime. I’m trying to use the time to get more focused and clear about priorities. I’ve been harvesting experiences from previous travels and incorporating some of them into my art work. It’s certainly a great way to reminisce about those experiences and to decorate the walls in a January like no other!
I’m trying to embrace the quietude that this time has created. Besides seeing clients and spending time with family, I am working on being more in tune with my “voice” as an artist. I don’t have major plans for huge transformations, but more so to go a little deeper and to stay the course. Hopefully soon this pandemic will behind us all. XO Nancy
March 6, 2021
The above photo was taken about 3 weeks ago, which is amazing as we’ve since moved into a much warmer spring-like time of year here on the west coast. The smaller house is a studio that is being built on my partner’s property about 40 minutes by car (door to door) from where I live, but it’s across the border in Bellingham, Washington. When we started building it last year, we had no idea that the border would remain shuttered for so long. We’re coming up to the one year anniversary of the Canada/USA border closure. The border remains closed indefinitely. To say that it’s been tough is a huge understatement.
This past year has taught me to be mindful and grateful for all the things that are most important: my children; my significant other; my friends and family; my health; my career; my dog; and being able to make art. Less importantly since the pandemic, I have grown fonder of my workouts, nutritional yeast on popcorn, riveting Netflix series/movies, laughter, macchiatos with steamed oat milk, Stash ‘Christmas in Paris’ tea, clean sheets, baths, phone and video calls with my friends and family, WhatsApp family chat, Instagram, online art groups, forest walks, podcasts, cooking with my kids, Spotify, Audiobooks, and my art corner, to name a few. I am doing my best to be patient with all the delays and my inability to see the project in person.
The idyllic little cottage studio is such an exciting project. I have so many ideas and daydreams about the eventual time when I will be able to freely drive across the border to be there...I cannot wait! As much as the initial project was intended as a means for providing me with a studio space - the daydreams involve a much more communal and joyous sharing of the space and the setting. We have big plans for the yard and garden. I look forward to hosting friends and family at this spot. The bunkie studio has a sleeping loft and it will offer views of the lake with screened windows that will let that fresh air into the space, and the sounds of the toads and the birds chirping. Stay tuned as the project continues to unfold. I will share more pictures in the next few months.
As we await a vaccinated population and ultimately a level of control over the pandemic, I am going to keep going hard towards my dreams and goals. I hope you’re managing well during this time. One day at a time...This too shall pass. Onward!
The above photo was taken about 3 weeks ago, which is amazing as we’ve since moved into a much warmer spring-like time of year here on the west coast. The smaller house is a studio that is being built on my partner’s property about 40 minutes by car (door to door) from where I live, but it’s across the border in Bellingham, Washington. When we started building it last year, we had no idea that the border would remain shuttered for so long. We’re coming up to the one year anniversary of the Canada/USA border closure. The border remains closed indefinitely. To say that it’s been tough is a huge understatement.
This past year has taught me to be mindful and grateful for all the things that are most important: my children; my significant other; my friends and family; my health; my career; my dog; and being able to make art. Less importantly since the pandemic, I have grown fonder of my workouts, nutritional yeast on popcorn, riveting Netflix series/movies, laughter, macchiatos with steamed oat milk, Stash ‘Christmas in Paris’ tea, clean sheets, baths, phone and video calls with my friends and family, WhatsApp family chat, Instagram, online art groups, forest walks, podcasts, cooking with my kids, Spotify, Audiobooks, and my art corner, to name a few. I am doing my best to be patient with all the delays and my inability to see the project in person.
The idyllic little cottage studio is such an exciting project. I have so many ideas and daydreams about the eventual time when I will be able to freely drive across the border to be there...I cannot wait! As much as the initial project was intended as a means for providing me with a studio space - the daydreams involve a much more communal and joyous sharing of the space and the setting. We have big plans for the yard and garden. I look forward to hosting friends and family at this spot. The bunkie studio has a sleeping loft and it will offer views of the lake with screened windows that will let that fresh air into the space, and the sounds of the toads and the birds chirping. Stay tuned as the project continues to unfold. I will share more pictures in the next few months.
As we await a vaccinated population and ultimately a level of control over the pandemic, I am going to keep going hard towards my dreams and goals. I hope you’re managing well during this time. One day at a time...This too shall pass. Onward!
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