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The "Pass it On" heart for the 2022 Parade of Hearts in Kansas City features over 300 handprints from my husband's 8th & 9th grade English classes. It was a truly collaborative project--I came up with the idea but couldn't have achieved it without him. Even the school custodians had to help--they had to take apart a door so we could get the giant heart in and out of the school!The biggest thanks goes to my husband, who I volun-told to do this with his students, who helped me haul the heart back and forth multiple times, and who is my...

  Parade of Hearts is a celebration of art in the heartland featuring 5 foot tall heart sculptures painted by area artists. Over 700 designs were submitted in the fall of 2021, and I was one of 123 artists chosen to paint a total of 154 hearts. (Most of us got to paint a single heart; a few got to do two.) Somehow I never posted updates about this huge project here on my blog though! So here we go, from the beginning..... "Pass it On" was selected from my two proposals, and I went to pick up my blank white heart...

I found out I was nominated as a Small Business Superstar with the Greater KC Chamber of Commerce over the weekend!Like...whaaaaat?!?!?! I never would have expected something like this at this point in my art business! I feel like I am still getting started and there's always so much more to do. But that's also just life, I suppose.Anyway, thank you thank you thank you to whoever nominated me for this. It's incredibly encouraging and motivating.

I've been quiet around here lately. I had a confirmed case of Covid 19 and it kicked my butt for nearly two weeks. Things have been moving behind the scenes nevertheless, and I have my art in three places during the month of February 2022! First up, my art is still at Lifted Spirits Distillery in the Crossroads through the end of the month. Stop in for a delicious cocktail and enjoy the view while sipping! Next up, on Wednesday I installed some of my smaller works at the Turner Community Library in Kansas City Kansas. They will be on...

How was the start of 2022 for you? Did you make resolutions, declutter, or get a fresh start somewhere?  Personally, I had no energy or motivation at the first of the year to do any of that stuff. I didn't take enough time off around the holidays to feel like I had the ability to recharge. "Same shit, different day" was dragging me down.  I was also sick twice in 4 weeks, the second of which was a confirmed case of Covid, which meant I had to cancel a trip to see my mom in the US Virgin Islands. Being sick kicked...