Answer Well

Answer Well

I weep for what was

Yearning for comfort I reminisce

and remember

If allowed, 

I could stay here a very long time

But the past holds not my potential

only lessons that

when practiced

prepare me more

For the joys ahead and 

the sorrows yet to come

How will I live my life yet lived?

The future is determined in

the smallness of each moment's choice

What shall I carry?

What shall I leave behind?

What shall I cherish?

What shall I protect?

In each moment

With each choice

We answer the questions

of life

Answer carefully.

Answer lovingly.

Answer well.

Pages from 2010 Life Book

In April 2009 I purchased a Fabriano Venezia Book, a delightful sketchbook filled with wonderful Fabriano watercolor paper.

Incredibly, I wrote on a few pages in 2009 and then put the book down and didn't touch it again for more than a year.

Luckily, I picked it back up on August 4, 2010 and I haven't put it down since.

This book has become so much more than a sketchbook - it really is my "Life Book"... a sketchbook, journal, scrapbook and photo album all in one.

Here are some of my favorite pages since that wonderful day in August and, I'm happy to report, I have a brand new Venezia Book for 2011!

Feliz Año Nuevo!!

-- Kristin

Forever In Your Eyes

Forever In Your Eyes

How beautiful I feel when

you caress and hold me close

How wonderful it is to be

the one you love the most

How is it that you found me

so lost and all alone?

How is it that you left behind

the place you called your home?

How will I ever thank you

for loving me so much

There's nothing I desire more

but to simply feel your touch

I know our love's forever

the world can keep its lies

Because I can see forever

when I look into your eyes

Hope

My latest work-in-progress... another Versals lettering with Celtic knots.  The letters are bigger this time, which allows me to paint the inside spaces with watercolor.  I'm trying to decide if I want all the letters blue or not.  I'm thinking an alternative could be to fade to magenta with a pretty purple in the middle.  What do you think?

Majestic Redwood Tree

During the last camping trip in my camper, I painted a majestic Redwood tree that was on the camp site.  I had forgotten about this watercolor until recently when I was going through all my sketchbooks. Unfortunately, my scanner is not big enough to capture the entire work, but most of it is in the scan.

I really miss my camper.

Painted October 24, 2009.

"Transformed" - The Finished Work

For Cathy... 8-)

Starting the Final Ink

As I work on inking the final work for "Transformed", I am reminded of two things:

1.  Art is about expression, not perfection... and
2.  I am WAY overdue for an eye exam!

I feel blind as a bat, but I love how this is turning out....  8-)