A Year of Weekly Self Portraits

I realized last night that it has been more than a year that I’ve been doing my “Self-portrait Saturdays” challenge. I remember being so nervous about my first one, back in January of 2011. I hadn’t yet done anything like … Continue reading →

My IG Birthday

Saturday was my one year anniversary on Intstagram. What a year it’s been!! I have been reawakened as an artist! I have met (albeit virtually) some incredibly kind, talented, funny, artistic, creative and giving people, who have helped to give … Continue reading →

Welcome

Welcome….please take a look around! You found it! My new and improved website is up and running. I’m happy to be able to share my work on the web in a new and exciting way! I’m using the blog format … Continue reading →

Seeing Trees

Instagram has opened me up in other ways, too. Not only was I influenced by other artists, but I was empowered by the social media site to actually tell them, to share with them work I made because of the … Continue reading →

A New Beginning

To say I was reawakened as an artist by Instagram is almost an understatement. I was not only thrilled to have a place to show my work, but I was immediately and completely inspired by the other artists I found … Continue reading →

Sunset in Guanacaste

Lined Up

Dancers in Motion

Came across these traditional folk dancers last week, while at a pit stop at Hacienda El Viejo, in Guanacaste. We were on our way to a nature preserve, where we saw crocodiles, monkeys and lots of birds. These dancers were … Continue reading →

Magical Places

The colors, shapes and patterns all came together beautifully in my latest mirror image piece. The original was a Hipstamatic photo taken in an empty nightclub at our hotel in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. I plan to post more Costa Rica … Continue reading →

Fractured Self

A New Year

How can it be almost a month since I added a new post? With the hustle and bustle of the holidays, the dark grey days of winter and an increasingly distracted mind, I find myself here, in January, 2012, making my first post … Continue reading →

Interlaken

A foggy morning in Interlaken Park makes me happy…took a bunch of shots, with various settings in Hipstamatic, trying to capture the mystery and majesty of the mood. This was my favorite, and judging by the comments I got on … Continue reading →

A View From Samish Island

Taken on Samish Island, looking out to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands. Samish “Island” is actually a peninsula, but it used to be separate from the mainland, before they filled in some low lying areas around it. It’s quite remote, quiet … Continue reading →

Leading the Way

LaConner, a small tourist town and artists’ enclave in Skagit County, is a favorite destination of mine. I’m attracted to the town’s history, the landscape of wide open spaces, the galleries and boutiques that are housed in historic buildings on … Continue reading →

Double Vision

Often my layered work is immediately recognizable as that, with outlandish colors, juxtapositions, etc. This one is more subtle. Two suns? Double exposure? How’d she do that? I resisted the urge to take this one further, because as is, it was … Continue reading →

Self Portrait with Hood

I’m wearing a fabric and fake fur stand alone hood. It’s a favorite of mine for cold weather, but it’s not great in the rain, so around here I don’t actually get a lot of chances to wear it!

Dada Dreams

I really love this one…something about the face reminded me of a di Vinci portrait, re-purposed into something modern. One of my framed photos makes an appearance, too, as it’s hanging next to the mirror in my bathroom.

Adrien Meredith Hefta

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