New Paintings

Bubble Girl ~ Original Sold ~ Prints Available

Ethel ~ Original Sold ~ Prints Available

Henrietta ~ Original & Prints Avai
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Eleven Whispers ~ Original & Prints Available 

Hello! Here are a few new paintings I finished this week. . .

 I can't recall if I've shown you the 3 big pieces I finished, so here they are too:

I am amping up for a solo exhibit in June 22 - July 22 at Little Fish Huge Pond in historic Downtown Sanford. I'm super excited (& a wee-bit nervous). Sanford is an old, adorable port town here in Central Florida. I couldn't be happier to have my art there for a month. I couldn't think of a better place to break the ice! If you are local ~ opening night is Friday June 22 from 6 - 9 pm ~ I'd love if you stopped by! Little Fish is the coolest little place in Sanford. . . The atmosphere is quirky, eclectic, weird, and wonderful (~.~)

Wisdom. Harmony. Angels Influence

Here's to a wonderful week ahead. . . 

X x 

Carissa

Studio + Soul Rehab

I am (or was) thick in the process of inviting more order into my space. Home is so important to me. Creating a space where I feel alive and electrified is something I'm obsessed with. I'm a little off my rocker at times, moving things around, juggling this and that. My mind never seems to stop interpreting my space, or thinking of new ways to improve it. The past few months I went on a rampage clearing out cabinets, drawers, and closets. It all started when a friend of a friend came to town.

Linda Arlene Schwartz -- Intuitive Mystic, Spiritual Counselor, Transformational Bodyworker. 


When she offered to give me a reading along with taking a look at my space, I hesitated / resisted. Somewhere deep down I knew this would lead to another giant soul-stirring adventure. You see, I've been doing a lot of soul-work lately. I've had a few run-ins with Intuitive Angels who have done nothing but bless me with the exact guidance and wisdom I needed to step further along my path. I've been applying so much energy and effort toward emerging and healing broken bits that I wasn't so sure I could handle yet another Swift Kick in The Ass from The Universe.

Ready or not, here it comes. 

Before the Swift Kick in The Ass:

Cue Mary Poppins and her Magical Clean Up abilities will you?! Here are some after pics:

I completely cleared the closet out & started it over FromZero. It formerly held vintage dresses from my Vintage Shop. They've now been moved to The Official Vintage Room. The closet in my studio? A symbolic gesture of the message I've encountered so much lately -- 

It's time. Come Out of The Closet. Be Exposed. Let go. 

Exposing the bare concrete. Unearthing the root systems. 

Healing. Getting back to what's essential. RECLAIMING. 

Doing all of this with my bare hands, by myself, for myself. 

Coming back together. Out with the stagnant. In with the useful, necessary, and ME.

Ever-changing carousel of characters on my chalkboard ledge :)

Photograph of my Grand-Daddy enlarged and greeting me every day when I walk in my studio. 

Happy little desk corner. 

The setting sun.

Night Light.

Candles all aglow. 

I hope you enjoyed this mini-tour of my studio. You can see the space where I paint (on the black & white rug) which doubles as the backdrop for Jack & Tilly (my Vintage Shop). It's changed a bit more since I took these pics. I'm happy to be back on the blog train! I have so much to share and catch up on!

Have a blessed week, 

Carissa

Feeling The Expansive

I can hardly believe January is almost over! I've filled this month with some deep soul-searching, major dialoging, cataloging, trail following, exploring, photographing, writing, and sweeping up the scatters of so many things. I've made a happy-little-list of all the glorious lessons and experiences 2011 had to offer, and what I'd like to welcome in for the ever-expansive 2012. I will share it here soon, but for now I just wanted to say a big-whopping THANK YOU. Thank you for allllll your immense L O V E on my Cover Girl post.

 I am entirely, utterly, fantastically blessed by all of you -- true and deep friends, my soul sisters, my fellow passengers on this ride we call life. Daring, dreaming, dangerous WILD WOMEN and MEN. . . Glorious tears fill my eyes as I think about all the garbage I've left behind so I could step fully into *this life*. This true and beautiful, ever light, ever buoyant, ever unfolding life. I'm so glad I swung off the closet doors into the here & now, and climbed into the me I've always been. As I continue to clean out the shelves, and shake off old dust, I am completely thankful for alllll of it. Thank you for being here, for being a witness to my ever-evolving carousel. I am so deeply blessed by YOU.

More and more collages fill my space. . . Did you know the first collage I had made in a long looonnng time was Own Your Story? Truthfully, I was getting wayyy too comfortable in my process, always painting my girls. When this piece landed on the cover of Somerset Studios, not only was it a huge sign to really step into myself, really, truly, fully and completely, *Own My Story* and *Write*, but also h u g e confirmation of the *Magic* that happens when we step outside of ourselves, our routines, explore deeper, and truly listen to the messages that appear. When. We. Just. Show. Up. The universe is conspiring for our happiness, our blissful existences, our growth, our change, our EVERYTHING! I am so wide awake grateful to just simply exist and create and share and inspire. Hellooo!!!

"In The Realms of The Unreal" (Click image to view it in my shop)

"31" Original Available Soon!