by niya christine

September Follows the Quirks & Curiosities

I’m so glad August was a WildCard month. It moved so fast, the freedom to paint any ol’ thing was nice. Now catching up on sleep and settling into the familiar routine with a stocked studio and selling prints again, September promises to be very satisfying and fun. Quirk, wit, surprise and the same blank-canvas-spirit that fueled summer travel will guide the way this month. 125 paintings to go to reach the original goal. Sometimes I have to pinch myself that this project continues to go on. It continues to delight and inspire me even when (especially this summer during travel) I’m so tired my head feels stuffed with gibberish and cotton candy.

August brought some fun surprises. I fell in love with a Llama names Swami on a farm in West Linn where we stayed for a week. I still think of him. He was a comedian. He liked to show off his teeth, especially when he ate apples. And a new children’s book character was born in Odis the observant dog. And the spontaneous fish series at the end was energizing. I just might need to do some more of that. To see the thumbnail view of August click this link.

This month’s theme invites some top artistic influencers: Paul Klee, Maira Kalman, Joan Miro, Portland artist: Jennifer Mercede and Nick Bantock (Griffin and Sabine). I can’t wait to see where the color and line take us! Thank you again for your daily support. You are a wonderful community of morning coffee art lovers. Can you believe we are in month 9?

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Monthly Inspirational Quotes

January: Coffee & Tea "Coffee. Creative lighter fluid." ~ Floyd Maxwell

February: Love & Character "Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition."
~ Alan Alda

March: Fabric & Flowers "Nobody sees a flower--really--it is so small--we haven't time--and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time." ~ Georgia O'Keefe

April: Cows & Canaries "Lots of people talk to animals...Not very many listen though...that's the problem.”
~ Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

May: Bunnies & Bicycles" "Be brave, little rabbit. Take a chance.” ~ Cherise Sinclair, Breaking Free

"When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.” ~ Margery Williams, "The Velveteen Rabbit"

June: Food & Wine “Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.” ~ Paulo Coelho, "Brida"

July: Wild Horses & Adobe Houses “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for.”
~ Georgia O'Keeffe

August: WILD{card} “A healthy woman is much like a wolf, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, intuitive and loyal. Yet separation from her wildish nature causes a woman to become meager, anxious, and fearful. The wild nature carries the medicine for all things. She carries stories, dreams, words and songs." ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes, "Women Who Run with Wolves.”

September: Quirks & Curiosities “In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day.” ~ Woody Allen

October: Dogs & Doors “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” ― Tom Stoppard

“Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies.” ~ Gene Hill

November: Fish Fabulous “…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” ~ Mark Nepo