Mandala
Mandalas are defined by Carl Jung as
magic circles, containing certain design
motifs that he found to have universal
nature across cultures, across
I did my first ever mandala.
My ended up rectangular.
What does that mean?
Mandalas are defined by Carl Jung as
magic circles, containing certain design
motifs that he found to have universal
nature across cultures, across
I did my first ever mandala.
My ended up rectangular.
What does that mean?
My hairdresser’s daughters graduated
from high school this spring.
I found these cute gift card boxes
and jazzed them up a little.
I just wanted to do one more cat.
A cat with stripes and blue flowers
I did a new head for Pebbles the cat and used
photo-shop to add it to the first drawing.I think it looks better.
I might end up doing a whole new drawing
but for now I am going with this one.
Another just for fun drawing.
My daughter’s cat…Pebbles
I have been working on my second children’s
book. Because I am not ready to post any of
those illustrations yet I guess it looks like I
am not doing much artwork…but I am.
However I did take a break from the book to
draw a domestic leopard…just for fun!
I don’t know why but dogs love cat food.
In order to keep the dogs from eating the
cat food I have little doll tables on another table.
I recently found this round one at a little antique store
in Canandaigua. I made the black chair covers
so they would better match my kitchen.
What do I do with my life?
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want
to become.” -Steve Jobs
I don’t really understand my love of horses…
it is just there.
When Hercules (my horse of 17 years) died last
February I had to make a choice to give up
riding or continue. My heart felt sad when I imagined
a horseless life…so I pushed ahead
and found Eli. It has been scary to start over
and I don’t ride like the young girls at the barn
but I am proud of how far I have come.
I am excited about where I am going even though
it is out of my comfort zone.
I made this sewing machine cover about
fifteen years ago. I did all the embroidery and
applique. Since then it has gotten very faded.
This is a photo taken of it when it was first made.
I wish i had taken a picture of it before I tore it apart…
but I didn’t.
This is the new cover I made with parts of the old.
So I have my Mom’s sewing machine
that my sisters and I all learned to sew on.
It must be at least 60 years old…
I took one of the small quilts that she
appliqued and made it into a cover for
her machine.
This is the quilt.
On October 31, 2013 my Mom, who was 96 died.
She had a good life and was ready to move on.
I miss her a lot.
This is the first piece of art work I have done since
her passing. I found a picture of her when she
was young that I used in this collage.
I feel this is the “how she is in now”.
I also used a picture of me when I was young.
This is the collage I created…
The fortune cookie saying was sitting at my
desk when I went back to it after she died.
Coincidence?
I would like to wish everyone a very happy holiday!
Whatever you celebrate at this time of year…may it bring you joy
now and throughout the coming new year!
I would like to wish everyone a very
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
E. Robin Allen
So I thought it would be fun to dress
the dogs up as puffins for a card.
All I could find was a penguin
costume. Here are a couple photos of the dogs.
This is the card I made using the photos…
At the barn where our horses are living they had
a Halloween party and invited people to dress up
their horses. My daughter and I decided to make our
horses into war ponies.
We used finger paints and they just brushed out later.
Is this what would happen if an elephant
and a zebra fell in love?
“Do these strips make me look fat?” asked the elephant.
I thought I would do a plaid zebra just for fun.
When I started working on it I ended up with a
checkered zebra…
Note the zebra glasses on the checkered zebra.
I put a robin on my near sighted zebra….
I think the birds on both zebras look good.
I hope they make you smile!
Both zebras have bad vision.
(You can tell because of the glasses).
Why are we here?
Are we spiritual beings having a human experience?
And why are dysfunctional families the norm?
But what is the norm?
So this soul collage is about family…
“You can’t change where you came from
but you can change where you go from here.”
from The Perks of Being a Wallflower