I just wrote this blog post for the Safety Harbor Art and Music Center... SHAMc...but wanted to share it with you, too.... Yes...this blog is about SHAMc but i must take a minute to speak about Kiaralina and Todd...I've lived a lot of places in my life...and many...
e'Layne Kelley
Art by e’Layne – “Just Be” Series
So many new fun things...last year was hard...a lot of loss and turmoil...and yet it was beautiful, too...I had never taken any art workshops...only taught some...and decided I wanted to meet lots of artists so took online classes and even went to Brave Girl Camp in...
Lynn Whipple Workshop at Whimsy House
I've wanted to meet Lynn Whipple for so many years. Lynn was one of the first mixed media artists that caught my attention. Her work was popular long before the current mixed media craze. Well my dream came true last weekend. Lynn taught a two day workshop at...
Tracy Verdugo’s Visit…and Whimzeyland
It's been an amazing year...filled with art, amazing people and community. Nine months ago Tracy Verdugo and I start making plans for her to teach Paint Mojo...well 15 women gathered on St. Pete Beach this past weeken at Suntan Art Center on the Gulf...and mojo we did...
Photo Magic – Somerset Studios, July/August 2012
Many decades ago I was surrounded by tubes of Liquitex paint, watercolor paper, Rapidograph pens and consumed by the desire to express myself artistically. Fear and perfectionism gripped me, and I was unable to put so much as a mark on the paper. The first shutter...
Maine – Come of Vacation with Us
Tomorrow we get on the road...it's a long road between Tallahassee and Limington, Maine...but the reward is great...destination Siesta Cottage. The cottage has been in the family since before I was born. My grandpa worked for The Boston Glode and he and my nana ues...
We’re back…where have I been you ask???
I have written tons of blog posts in my head but getting word to paper has been a different story. The better part of a year was spent on re-branding....we had so much going on in our business...The Angel Story, How to Be a Wild Woman, 3 Hip Chics and needed to put...
The Gift of Memories – Somerset Studios, November/December 2011
As the decades of my life unfold time seems to accelerate. Pursuits that took prominence in my twenties and thirties don’t have the same relevance. Big dreams…like buying a home, having children or owning art galleries…have come true. Dreams and goals are still my...