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Artist's Statement

Many times I have been encouraged to choose one particular avenue of creativity and concentrate my efforts there.

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Photo by Larissa Herbert

The thinking behind that
advice was that I needed to
devote myself to one endeavor
so that I might become successful.

That didn't work for me.

I am not torn between writing, composing, and painting. I find that I need several outlets.
 

I have always been a writer.

 
As soon as I learned cursive, I found I could write down my ideas quickly (printing is laborious) and loved writing poems. I also wrote little stories and created my own fairy tales. I have continued doing that my whole life.

Some of the poems I wrote were like songs so when I was thirty I started to play the guitar and set my poems to music.

I have written a lot of songs and love performing them.

 
The guitar was so much fun, I decided to try my hand at the piano and love it. If I get bored with writing, I play the piano or write a song.
 
A friend, the musician 3 HAND STEPHEN, has recorded his arrangement of one of my songs, Atomic Clock, and I am writing more lyrics for him.
 
Ten years ago, my sister, Jeanne Collins, suggested I try painting.

 

I thought it was a terrible idea since I had tried oil painting at one time and it was a disaster. I had created a canvas of oil mud.

 
 
I could not stand waiting around for it to dry before I could continue.
 
She suggested acrylics and took me to her studio to try it out. I loved it.
I've been mad for painting since then and have finished literally hundreds of paintings.
 
Thank goodness people like and buy them or I would run out of space!
 

Photo by Larissa Herbert

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So I will continue with all my various pursuits because they make me happy.

 
Creating something that has never existed before is a great thrill to me, whether it is a book, a song, or a painting.
 
I like to share what I have made in the hope that you will enjoy seeing the results of my creative process and that it will inspire you to create as well.
 
And of course I would love to have you purchase a book or a painting!
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We create for others so they can share what is really a very personal missive to ourselves. The events in our lives are unique and those that cause hunger, pain, grief, and suffering bind us. Beauty, love, and compassion, however, are even stronger bonds.
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