“Breaking Cabin Fever”…by “Breaking a Blank Page.

Canadian cabin fever was brutal this year…. and so were the fevers my son was suffering from prior to his dental surgery. It was such a hard time for my family. So, I did what I know best which is to “break blank pages”…. something that can be tough for many creatives… how to create on that bright white blank page starting back at you. Fortunately, I have never really had that problem with my creative mindset. Likely from my years of art journaling and mantra “this is for me”. Every time I sit down to paint I repeat, “this is for me”. I paint for myself and I carve out time and “do it for myself” (I suppose that is why I have an art poetry card that says that…). After painting thousands of hours like this…. I’m quite grateful to say that I have found my voice (a few, actually… “styles”, that is) and the majority of the paintings turn out in a way that I love. If I don’t love them, I keep painting in layers until I do love them…. But back to this most recent collection “Breaking Cabin Fever” (by “Breaking a Blank Page”…. I was showing this collection on my YT video, and one of my newer collectors reached out and said they wanted to buy the entire collection (knowing it wasn’t even finished yet). I was blown away, and it came at a time of complete synchronicity- the warmer Spring air blew in, and the fevers (both cabin and my sons) went away. There is a lot more to this story of synchronicity, but I’ll save that for another blog when I feel better. These past few weeks could have been a new collection, but I am still healing from recent fevers I have had while on Spring “break”. (I’m writing this blog late. April 8th today). Thanks for being here.