This website is
under development. I
apologize that I haven't gotten as far
with this as I wanted, but I'll continue
adding more as often as I can.
I try to live my life embodying joy and the
five P's for creative people as listed here:
The 5 P’s for creative people
1. Passion
Love what you do; have
enthusiasm and excitement for every part of the process. Equalize the
unpleasant by giving it the same attention as the pleasant.
2. Play
Be open to approaching the
usual, customary, or repetitive tasks you face in a new way. Kids do
this with ease: just watch them use an empty cardboard box.
3. Practice
It is important to master your
craft through repetition. Once you’ve done something many times, you’ll
have the confidence to do it well every time you do it.
4. Patience
Trust yourself to go through a
series of tasks in the amount of time each task requires. Sometimes, it
is better to finish well than to finish fast.
5. Perseverance
Don’t stop when you hit a bump
in the road. Commit to finding a way to solve a problem in your own
timeframe, and don’t abandon it entirely.
I am a 50+ artist residing in Minnesota.
(That's in the Upper Midwest of the United States for those of you who
aren't familiar with where the US states are located). After
several years working as a corporate executive, I shifted my career
track and opened my own retail store in the mid-1980's. I spend
anywhere from 40-60 hours a week working either at the store or on
store-related activities which doesn't leave a lot of extra time for my
more creative pursuits.
I realized that my stress was starting to
eat me alive and that something essential was missing from my life.
At that time I began attending Embellishment - the precursor to the Bead
& Button Show. I started attending these shows in 1996, taking
classes, meeting new friends, and experimenting with more artistic
pursuits. I have been a beader and sewer for most of my life with
some side-tracking to spinning, weaving and knitting. I can quite
honestly say that I am a highly competent beader and I have the awards,
articles and projects to defend that statement.
Over the past few years I have branched out
to metalworking, enameling and the myriad techniques that can entail as
well as working on improving my basic artistic skills with pens,
pencils, acrylic paints and watercolors. I want to share some of
my work with you. I also want to introduce you to some of the
creative people I've been privileged to meet over the years. If
you would be interested in following my own exploration through daily
life and creativity, you are welcome to read my
blog. I try to
post six days a week on the blog whenever possible.
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