The Importance of Art with SmitKit Studio & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #145
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
Pablo Picasso
You probably remember this outfit from Thursday when I shared my Halloween Costume Ideas featuring a giant furry unicorn head and a witch hat. Well, after the photos were taken, I ditched the headgear and headed off to an art show at SmitKit Studio: Center for Creativity located in the historic Paddock Arcade in Watertown, New York’s downtown square. I know this outfit is a little bit wild for making my way around town on a Sunday afternoon, but it was an art show and I was definitely showcasing my artistic side. Plus I was already dressed. So I kept it on and headed off to view some original artwork by the local creative people.
“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
Rainbow Rowell
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
I have featured SmitKit Studio a few times on my blog because I really do have a passion for promoting for the creative arts. Finding ways to express ourselves creatively is so important for our mental health and helping us to live our very best lives. Whether you are super talented or just like to dabble in creative expression, you should find the time to pursue it. For me, it is writing. If I am stringing together words to create an image or convey an idea or simply to just get the thoughts out of my head, I am truly in my happy place. And of course, being creative with my clothing also brings me much joy.
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A picture is a poem without words.”
Horace
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
Vincent Van Gogh
Speaking of my love for writing, I will be hosting a Creative Writing Workshop at SmitKit Studio on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. I am looking forward to sharing creative writing exercises and other ideas on how to get your words to flow and your muse to cooperate. Registration is currently open for anyone who would like to join us. But act quickly because there are only 20 seats available for the workshop. Also, check the Events Page for other upcoming workshops. SmitKit Studio has a wide variety of things to do for all creative types of any age.
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
Albert Einstein
My first introduction to SmitKit Studio was the artwork of TW Soderquist which I featured in my blog post Artistic Interpretation back in December 2017. In January of 2018, I took a tour Inside SmitKit Studio and in February 2019 I shared a post about the grand re-opening of the studio at their current location in the Paddock Arcade (see Just a Saturday in Watertown). Since establishing her center for the creative arts, owner Lindsey Paranzino has never displayed her own artwork as she focused on bringing attention to the artists’ creations that she housed in her studio. So this most recent art show was kind of a big deal of firsts for Lindsey. She was showcasing her own personal paintings and photography for the first time for public viewing. And she was performing for the first time in her new role as the lead singer for the DrayDoc Band. If you are a fan of live music, in particular, Jazz, Funk, Reggae, and Blues, do check them out! Lindsey’s voice has a very jazz-inspired bluesy tone that blends in the most perfect way with the instrumentation of the rest of the band. I couldn’t help but smile and jam to the music.
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
Pablo Picasso
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
George Bernard Shaw
I took my 8 year old son, Archie, to the art show with me and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by his interest in some of the paintings. As you know, original paintings can be pricey, so I had a little conversation with him about the importance of art and how cool it would be to one day own lots of original artwork. He told me that starting this Christmas, he would like me to begin buying him art to hang in his bedroom. And I am more than happy to oblige…I would much rather he acquire a personal collection of original and unique paintings that he can take with him when he leaves home rather than stock up on junkie toys that he will forget about or break within 2 months of receiving them. So this Christmas, one of these paintings will become Archie’s. We haven’t decided which one yet but he really likes the ones dabble in the gruesome.
The artists featured here are as follows: Lindsey Paranzino, TW Soderquist, Stow Dunham, Dean Robert Holmes, Khrys McGee, Christine Sharlow, Sally Taylor, Alister Whitcomb, and ceramics by Cathy Ellsworth. I wasn’t able to capture the artist information in every photo, but all of the pieces I am showing here are for sale. You can just contact SmitKit Studio directly or let me know and I will make the connection for you. I have numbered them for ease of identification.
“Creativity takes courage.”
Henri Matisse
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”
Stella Adler
The Artwork
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
Vincent Van Gogh
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
Pablo Picasso
“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
Kurt Vonnegut
“Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”
Clive Barker
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
Emile Zola
“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”
Chuck Klosterman
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
Pablo Picasso
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
Edgar Degas
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
Thomas Merton
“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”
Oscar Wilde
“When I was a child my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk, you’ll be the pope.’ Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”
Pablo Picasso
“The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.”
Edgar Degas
“A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”
Diane Arbus
“The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.”
Pablo Picasso
“Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh… now you tell me what you know.”
Groucho Marx
“Style is the answer to everything.
Charles Bukowski
A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing
To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it
To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art”
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.”
Leo Burnett
“Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.”
Laurie Halse Anderson
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. … No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
Martha Graham
“Art is the proper task of life. ”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.”
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The first step – especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money – the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
Aristotle
“He who works with his hands is a laborer.
Saint Francis of Assisi
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
“I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.”
Frida Kahlo
“Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.”
Donatella Versace
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
Bansky
“Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for.”
Alice Walker
“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.”
Flannery O’Connor
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.”
Ray Bradbury
“A writer – and, I believe, generally all persons – must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.”
Jorge Luis Borges
“All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up.”
James Baldwin
“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.”
Ossie Davis
“Art is what you can get away with.”
Andy Warhol
“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.”
Cecil B. DeMille
“Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.”
Danny Kaye
“The beautiful is always bizarre.”
Chalres Baudelaire
“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.”
Ansel Adams
“Creativity is contagious, pass it on.”
Albert Einstein
Do you own any original art? Is it a good idea to start a collection for my son now so he has accumulated a variety of pieces by the time he is ready to leave home? What are your favorites?
And now onto the featured posts from last week’s link party.
Reader Favorite (Most Clicked Post)
Kathrine of Kathrine Eldridge Wardrobe Stylist showed us how to style leather for a work environment in her post Leather Layering at Work. She also effortlessly has taken a summer top straight into fall with her perfect layering tricks.
My Favorite Outfit Post
Lorena of My Every Day Wear absolutely caught my attention in this vibrant striped dress by Adriana Marimekko in her post Maxi and Cardi. I love the vintage vibe she created with the brown and rust additions in her accessories and cardigan.
My Favorite Non-Fashion Post
Yvonne of Yvonne Chase aka The Single Woman’s Cheerleader left me in deep thought with tears in my eyes after reading her post, Who Knew a Hug Could Cause Such Anger! I was not familiar with the story that prompted this post and getting familiar with just that alone sent me into some intense internal debate about the world we live in. I don’t want to say much more because I want you to go read it. It is some seriously powerful stuff.
Thanks you to everyone who stops by to see what I am sharing from my little corner of the world. I am immensely grateful for each and every one of you.
Keeping it on the edge,
Shelbee
Linking up with these Fabulous Link Parties.
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I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.
77 Comments
Michele Morin
This piece had to have been a lot of work to pull together–but so worth it! Thank you for making the effort.
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Thanks so much, Michele! It definitely took some time to photograph everything, edit and number them, and all the quotes…oh I got sucked into all the inspiring quotes about art that I just kept adding them! I hope you have a wonderful day.
xoxo
Shelbee
FancyBoy
I really enjoyed this post! Loved the art and the quotes!!!
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Thanks, Becky! I am so glad that you enjoyed it.
xoxo
Shelbee
Tamar A Strauss-Benjamin
Those pieces of art are amazing!!
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Thanks for checking them out, Tamar! Have a fantastic day!
xoxo
Shelbee
Kathrine Eldridge
Love all this amazing art! I do own several pieces of originals that I cherish. I wish I lived close by so I could take your creative writing workshop. Thanks so much for the feature and for the link up. Have a great day Shelbee!
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Kathrine, thanks so much! I am a bit nervous about teaching this workshop as I have never taught writing before…fingers crossed it’s not a total failure! I love that you own original artwork. I am excited to start a little collection for my son. I hope you have the most wonderful day!
xoxo
Shelbee
Julie | This Main Line Life
Wow, you’re hosting a creative writing workshop, that’s so cool. I’m sure it’ll be a terrific event. When I lived in NY, I loved to go down to Soho and visit all the galleries. It’s been way too long since I’ve done something like that.
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Thanks so much, Julie! Visiting galleries is such a fun thing to do! And I am totally nervous about hosting this workshop. I have never done anything like this before! I have lots of preparation I need to get in the next few weeks.
xoxo
Shelbee
Anne M Bray
OMG! You KNOW this post resonated with me. I have some of those quotes stashed away in a little notebook somewhere. I kept it in high school when I was a budding artist and obsessed with Paul Klee (and others but he comes to mind, probably because of all the 100th year of the Bauhaus stuff transpiring right now). (Sorry, going down an art rabbit hole that no one will care about). (But this is what happens to me with your posts. You get me thinking).
Alrighty then.
I am SO delighted to hear that Archie wants to start collecting art. So cool! My prediction, if he likes the ghoulish, is one of the eyeball pieces. Look up Mark Dean Veca. He’s doing that sort of art on a massive level. He was at Otis when I attended. I have one of his early student works from when he did “smiley head” people doing ordinary activities. Now he’s doing murals all over the world!
As Michele said, putting this post together was a ton of work! I know, I have a pile of “art show reports” stacking up like planes in Newark. Will they ever get airborne? Ask air control!
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Aw, Anne, you just totally made my day that my posts get you thinking! I will definitely check out Mark Dean Veca! So far, the artists that Archie liked the most from the art show were Stow Dunham and Alister Whitcomb. Funny thing is, Stow and Alister are a couple and Alister’s mom is one of my closest friends in the world! So I will most definitely be purchasing one of their pieces to start Archie’s collection! Now to get Ralph on board with this idea! Doubtful with that little beast. He has little appreciation for anything at 6 years old. Perhaps in a few years. And that analogy to the Newark airport…hahahhaha
xoxo
Shelbee
Anne M Bray
Yeah, Newark left a lasting impression during my last visit. Fifteen hours grounded will do that!
xxox
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Okay, the idea that one could be stuck in Newark airport for 15 hours made me vomit in my mouth a little. I don’t know if I ever shared with you the time I had to walk through Newark airport in my bare feet because I was wearing thong sandals that broke beyond repair on the plane. I had no socks or other shoes in my carry on bags. One of the grossest things that has ever happened to me. Lesson learned…don’t wear thong sandals while flying and always put extra socks and shoes in my carry on!
xoxo
Shelbee
Anne M Bray
Wait. Did you miss this? http://gluttonamb.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-flight-from-hell.html
Newark is the reason I will no longer wear sandals through security. They had to scan my iPad twice (I think the iPen triggered an alert) and wouldn’t release any of my “stuff” until that cleared. So I was standing around barefoot. So gross!
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Barefoot in any airport terminal is gross, but in Newark…100 times grosser! Oh my word, I did miss that post. Just read it. Will comment there!
xoxo
Shelbee
Chrissy
Ok. I’m going to have to go back and read this after homeschool school today. BUT just in case this hot mess of a brain forgets…I have to quick say how fun this outfit is and how I think only you would have the right color, bright blue boots to pull out those bats!! So fun Shelbee. Have a fabulous day my cyber friend. 🙂
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Aw, Chrissy, thanks so much! I do have a lot of boots…in nearly every color! I don’t have yellow ones though. I need yellow boots! Hahaha. And I totally relate to your hot mess of a brain…mine is the same!
xoxo
Shelbee
ROBIN LAMONTE
Shelbee,
What a wonderful post about being creative and sharing inspirational quotes!
I enjoyed seeing all the art on this blog post!
I just spent the weekend at an art gallery selecting female artists for my designer showhouse space!
I love art!
Hugs,
Robin
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Robin, thanks so much! And how cool is that that you had that opportunity. Will you be sharing the art you have selected on your blog? I would love to see it!
xoxo
Shelbee
Anna at Muttonstyle
What amazing art. I love the quotes. Picasso’s grandmother was my fav quote.
Thank you for sharing and for popping over to my blog and your comments
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Thank you, Anna! That Picasso quote was one of my favorites, too!
xoxo
Shelbee
Nancy
What a fabulous art! I like that a lot! I always find it fascinating how artists make art!
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Nancy, thanks so much for checking it out! You know, it’s funny, people find it fascinating how we can create outfits so effortlessly! It is our art!
xoxo
Shelbee
Hmm...What Do You Think?
Thank you for hosting this party.
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Thanks so much for stopping by!
xoxo
Shelbee
mireille
I like that quote about every artist being an amateur first! So true! We need to be less self conscious and afraid and let the creative juices flow.
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I agree completely, Mireille! My best friend recently reminded that I used to enjoy drawing in high school. I did do some pretty amazing sketches. I loved to draw eyes in detail. I have always believed you can tell so much about a person by their eyes and so I was fascinated with drawing them from photographs where I could see all the detail. And somewhere along the way, I convinced myself that I was not good at art and haven’t been able to draw a thing since…except stick figures! I guess it is true…whether you tell yourself you can or can’t, either way you’re right!
xoxo
Shelbee
Ashley
So much TALENT here! I’m always in awe of artists- they have such vision! I could never be this creative, but I love witnessing their work!
-Ashley
Le Stylo Rouge
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Ashley, thanks so much for checking out this post! You are that creative though just in a different medium. You create some of the most amazing outfits I have ever seen in the blogging world! So own that talent because it is not one that everyone possesses. I hope you are having a wonderful week.
xoxo
Shelbee
jess jannenga
Wow. Beautiful and interesting pieces of art! I also must be creative. Initially I went to school for journalism, because I loved to write, but realized it wasn’t for me ( print journalism) then, I went for my passion which was music. I always had the need to be creative, and express myself. I think everyone needs a creative expression. Fashion blogging is another great outlet for me as I express the art of putting outfits together. Love the outfit especially the colors of your tights and boots! That seems like a great place!
Have a great day!
jess xx
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Jess, thanks so much for stopping today and sharing your passions! I agree that we all need some creative outlet. I love making magic in my closet! I get so excited when I put together an outfit that wows even me. Hahaha. I wanted to be a journalist as well. I think I just assumed it was a writing career so I could explore my creative side. Then I took a journalism course in high school and I hated it! Creative writing was more my jam. And here we are now!
xoxo
Shelbee
Patrick Weseman
Looking so very nice. That looks like an amazing space to hang out and be creative. So very cool. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful Tuesday.
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Thanks so much, Patrick! I am floundering away as usual on this Tuesday afternoon! Have a great day!
xoxo
Shelbee
Ellibelle
How wonderful that you’ll be hosting the creative writing workshop, I bet it’s going to be fantastic!
These are such great pieces of art! Thanks for sharing!
Ellibelle’s Corner
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Ellibelle, thanks so much! I am a bit nervous about teaching, but it will be fun and good experience, too. Have a great day!
xoxo
Shelbee
Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom
I have a similar pair of boots. This dress is so perfect for October! I am sharing a Halloween look (just a tee, LOL!) on Halloween and I can’t wait. All of that artwork is so beautiful! I used to really be into art in my twenties, when I had more time to stroll art exhibits, museums, etc.!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
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Carrie, thank you so much. I will look for your Halloween tee shirt post, for sure. I will probably wear this dress again on Halloween or at least to the kids’ Halloween dance on Friday. It needs at least one more wear this season. And if I had more time, I would love to visit more art exhibits and galleries myself. But there isn’t much around here and time is always limited these days. I hope you are having a wonderful week!
xoxo
Shelbee
Mica
What a fun outfit! I love the blue and purple together, such a good combo! The art show looks like so much fun too, you shared some really stunning pieces!
Hope that your week is off to a great start 🙂
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Thanks so much, Mica! Sometimes a bright color combination is called for…especially when viewing beautiful art! I hope your week is going well!
xoxo
Shelbee
jodie filogomo
First off…those blue boots!!! I’m in love with those and how they really make a statement.
And that art is amazing. You always support the local community so fabulously, Shelbee.
XOOX
Jodie
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Jodie, thanks so much! I do love my collection of statement boots! And we must support our local communities for they are the ones whom we expect to support us as well! I hope you are having a lovely week!
xoxo
Shelbee
Jill
I wish I lived closer to you so I could take your creative writing workshop! Love seeing all of these beautiful pieces of art! So much talent in this post!
Jill – Doused in Pink
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Thank you so much, Jill! I am super excited to teach this workshop, but I have lots of work to do in preparation. I need to get on that! And yes, there is talent all around us, isn’t there?
xoxo
Shelbee
Darlene
Talk about a versatile outfit–yours truly is!! I love the colors of the tights out right now and your vibrant blue ones add so much to the outfit. Now to the art. Isn’t it amazing how works of art can touch your soul? You’ve shared so many individual and unique expressions by these artists. Thanks for sharing.
xx Darlene
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Darlene, thank you so much for all of these lovely compliments! I have such a great appreciation for all art as personal expression of creativity and emotions as well as for what it taps into for the viewer. Even art that is not really my style still has so much to offer. The talent and the passion is so evident and that is to always be admired. I am so glad that you enjoyed the post!
xoxo
Shelbee
Laura Bambrick
Congratulations on hosting the workshop! That is so perfect for you! The art is so beautiful! There are some amazing pieces!
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Thank you, Laura! I am a bit nervous but I think it will be fun to teach some of my writing tricks!
xoxo
Shelbee
Lauren Renee Sparks
Those quotes about art feed my soul! laurensparks.net
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Thanks so much, Lauren! I am so glad that you enjoyed them. I got really sucked into them and I couldn’t stop adding them in!
xoxo
Shelbee
Shugunna Alexander
I love art as well Shelbee, painting is so calming for me, teaching my daughter how to now. All of the art pieces displayed are pretty cool, can’t wait to see which painting Archie gets for Christmas!
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Shugunna, thanks so much for stopping by! I love that you are teaching your daughter how to paint. I need to start taking my kids to some of the art workshops at SmitKit Studio. They both do like creating, painting, and drawing.
xoxo
Shelbee
Suzy
Shelbee, I love the outfit you wore to the exhibition. Those shoes look so cool with the tights too. GORGEOUS!
As for the art, there are some incredible piece there. My favourite is Lady Tears. It’s beautiful.
Hugs hugs
Suzy xxx
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Suzy, thanks so much! Lady Tears is one of my favorite pieces, too! That one is by Alister Whitcomb. She is a very talented artist.
xoxo
Shelbee
Bryony Shaw
You’re so energetic looking! The outfits suit you
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Aw, thanks so much, Byrony! Have a fantastic day!
xoxo
Shelbee
Gail
I love how you support the arts Shelbee. Wish I could attend your creative writing workshop! I love the combination of turquoise and purple. The outfit looks very stylish and cool, exactly right for mixing with arty folk! Thanks for linking up at #WowOnWednesday.
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Thanks so much, Gail! I do love to support all sorts of creative people. I am drawn to the passion of creatives!
xoxo
Shelbee
Michelle
Those turquoise boots are fabulous! And such a cute dress. Lovely!
My favorite art quote is the one by Nietsche: “We have art so that we shall not die of the truth.” Although, when I first encountered it, it read, “We have art so that we shall not die of reality.” I expect that somebody mis-remembered the quote, but I actually like this version better.
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Thanks so much, Michelle! That is interesting that you have seen that Nietzsche quote differently. Obviously, I just copied from another website. But now I wonder which way is the correct quote as it was originally stated! I may have to go try to find out!
xoxo
Shelbee
Lizzie
I love this post so much! You may already know but my background is actually in studio art so this post resonates with me so much. I love all the artwork and can identify with all of these quotes <3
Lizzie
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Aw, thanks so much, Lizzie! I am so glad that you enjoyed this post! I actually did not know that your background was in studio art. I knew about your fashion background and your music background. You keep surprising me! You are certainly one talented and very fascinating woman, my friend.
xoxo
Shelbee
shelly
Artist amaze me. The way they see things so much differently…it leaves me so envious!
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I hear you, Shelly! Thanks so much for checking out my post.
xoxo
Shelbee
Donna Walmsley
Oh my goodness!! What an outstanding post, Shelbee!! This is almost a novella!! There is so much in here that resonates with me … congratulations on leading the writing workshop – they’re lucky to have you!! Thank you for sharing all this wonderfulness and positivity and thank you for running the linkup!!
Donna 🧚🏻♀️❤️🐝
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Aw, Donna, thanks so much! I am blushing a little. I have lots to do to prepare for this workshop, that’s for sure. I do hope it is a success! Thanks for stopping by and joining my link parties!
xoxo
Shelbee
Lorena
Hi Michelle, thanks for the shout out 🙂
It’s true art can just be admired – it’ all in the eye of the beholder.
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Thanks so much, Lorena! I admire all creative things!
xoxo
Shelbee
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Cheryl Shops
I love how much you champion local businesses, musicians, and artists—your local community must love you as much as your Internet community does! 😉
Cheryl Shops | http://www.cherylshops.net
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Aw,, Cheryl, thanks so much! I am not really sure about all that! But I do it because I love to do it!
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Shelbee
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Anna Shirley
I’m always fascinated by paintings. I’m a little bit jealous as well. I wish I’m able to express myself like that. Good luck with hosting the Creative Writing Workshop.
Anna
http://www.glamadventure.com
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Anna, thanks so much for reading the post. I, too, am intrigued how effortlessly artists can create their art. I need to get going with workshop preparations!
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Shelbee
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shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com
Such an honor! Thanks, Carrie!
xoxo
Shelbee