Reach ...then reach a little farther

Reach......then reach a little farther........
Happy Pink Saturday

When I first began to dream of being an artist it was only by accident. My other dreams were of creating a beautiful home, being creative, learning to cook and going to school to get my degree in Business and Art. Luckily for me all those dreams have come true. You know the feeling when everything is coming together and it's all good stuff. When  you don't want to move or talk because you don't want to screw it up?  Well, that is what has happened. Just Friday I found out, by accident that I was nominated as Artist of Elko Readers's Choice. Wow!!!!! How sad for me that because I don't get the newspaper I didn't even know. But, a friend on facebook mentioned she voted for me.
Just being nominated is a great honor. When I started painting the artwork was just for me to help me recover from a back injury. Little by little I must be reaching people and creating an audience.

So my message today is, take a risk, put your boots on, and start walking one step at a time to reach your goal. REACH A LITTLE FARTHER INSIDE YOURSELF EACH DAY.  If you can't reach that big goal, break it down to smaller goals. Everything you think about can be done, might have already been done. I read a lot of biographies of artists to see how they did it. Consider reaching out and asking for help.

Celebrate the small steps you have reached. When you have reached a goal set new ones. Be curious, active and grateful.
Be Inspired
~Jean
www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1
 

These are a few of my favorite things

Monday Morning....and it's raining!!!

Warm Tulip, pastel Jean Hart Artwork www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1
 I am always concerned when winter starts too early.
There are so many things I love about Fall that I don't want to miss out on any of them.
Like,

Carmel apples. I went to Park City and saw these there.
I also like the smell of wood burning in the crisp air.
Leaves falling to the ground and raking them all up.

Fresh Vegetable stews in the pot. \

Dressing up for Halloween

Playing family cards.
These are just some of the things I love about Fall
I would love to hear your favorite things.
Be Inspired,
~Jean

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All the things I get to Do.

I get to write books, Jean with her 12 Days of Christmas book

 All the things I  Get To Do Now
Change is happening again....It is true life continues whether you want it to or not. When I think of my life just one year ago I am surprised by all the changes that have taken place. Some were with my design others were circumstantial. But all in all my new thoughts go to this.
I Get to go back to work and  be a substitute teacher.
I Get to paint and show my artwork.
I Get to travel around the world
I Get to have a computer to keep up with family and friends.
I Get live near my children and see them often.
I Get to cook healthy meals I choose to cook.

I get to paint, painting by Jean Hart Artwork

I could go on and on but I'm pretty sure you see where I headed with this. I get to be involved with my life and its not a chore. It Gets my through my physical therapy and healing activities. I Get To has simpling become a saying for me now in stead of I Have to do this or that . Just think what it would be like to not get to go shopping?

fresh veg for good health eating

Be Inspired,
~Jean
artist
www.jeanhartartwork.com

Woman Aware

~Jean Hart
Artist
www.jeanhartartwork.com

October Breast Cancer Awareness Month


I invite you to my online fine art exhibit
"Woman Aware"
In honor of October Breast Cancer Awareness I have put togather some of my woman painting to honor the courage of these woman.

Please enjoy my artwork
Jean Hart
artist
www.jeanhartartwork.com

click on link below to see art exhibit

~Jeanhttp://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.364283626989069.89501.102488326501935&type=1&l=43a0b6d2b8

Today's word is commit.

HAPPY TUESDAY.....

HAPPY TUESDAY........LOVE THE DAY..

...LOVE THE TASK

What comes after you have researched, read, AND  asked all the questions????
It's time to get up and move.It's a day to go out and DO, take a risk. I URGE you to. You've done your homework, read everything you can, maybe even spent months talking about doing something. It's time to move in that direction. Hike that mountain you've been dreaming about. Paint, create, dance, bake, or just increase your workout to 3 times a week. Today's word is commit.
There is a time in every one's life that you will have to commit to something. A person, a profession, a partner, a home. Sure it's hard, the committing part that is, but once you have decided, give it all you have. Commit to something that matters to you. Sometimes its easiest if you can commit to something small at first, say like learning a true fact about something your interested in, or memorizing a verse of a favorite song. Just remember that before you commit take a little time to reflect on how this will effect you and if it's right for you so you will have no regrets.



Within your mind, acrylic, 8" x 10"

 Here are a few things I have decided to commit to:
Professional:
1. I have just sent my application in to be considered for membership of the National Society of Painters in casein/acrylic Association

2. I'm going to continue with my mail art projects around the world.
3. Will continue to send out applications for exhibits and contests out side my area.
4. Go to 2 workshops of artists I want to learn from.
5. Add more merchandise to my online store...www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1
Personnally:
1. Continue with my personal trainer
2. Increase my cooking skills
3. Find more interesting style of clothes from the free poeple line
4. Work on my decorating around the house.
5 Continue with my French Lessons
6. TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL......
Now there's probably more but that's plenty for today.
Happy Tuesday
Be Inspired,
~Jean
www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1



Merly Streep Movie Month

It's Meryl Streep Movie Month
So what is a habit??? What happens when you break it???? I am an artist, who is deeply interested in changing how older women are perceived . Many older woman are beautiful, intelligent, creative and have a presence to them. It is the authentic older woman who inspires me. My role model for such a woman is Meryl Streep.


Not only herself, but I feel the characters she chooses are strong minded woman...So I am declaring "It's Movie Night at my house and it's Meryl Streep Movie Month.

What's your favorite Meryl Streep Movie???? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPKDKcOoXMs

The World needs to hear your true voice!!

September's Aspects

This month took its name from it's earlier position in the calendar. It became the ninth month when Julius Caesar changed the calendar and made January the first month. 

Full Moon: Harvest moon

Universal event: Autumn Equinox, nature comes into balance

Communal event: Autumn Equinox, September 21,

Message: To create, to prosper, to appreciate

Activity: Arts, crafts, courting future mates

Healing properties: Prevention through tonics

Color: Brown

Tree: Hazel

Flower: Aster

Creature: Snake

Gem: Sapphire

September has always felt like a new beginning. I think it is because we start school in the month of Sept. and there is always such great anticipation for new beginnings and for change.

My message for September is Create,



It's time to create something from nothing....create something to wear, something to hang, or even create a new room. Be inspired, to create the life you dream of....Okay, yes, that ones tough. I now have to create a daily list of things to complete each day just so I don't forget to do the very little tasks that make my life better. Really?? Who puts making your bed on a list??? I do now, or I will just spring up and head out to create my day. Creating a new body is another hard task!!! It's been one year since my injury, and I'm half way through my Physical Therapy Program. But, I tell you I am 1000 times better than I was a year ago. This is where Dr. Fox says everyone leaves therapy. Because I'm doing so much better I think I'm ready to get there on my own. Wrong!!! I must stick with it, first, because there is more healing to do with my internal organs, second, I'm not holding my adjustments longer that a few wks,  third...I haven't lost the weight I need to lose yet.  Oh, let me tell you, number 3 is hard work.

I leave you with this thought for September,

The World needs to hear your true voice!! The people need to see your true thoughts!!    Imagine your dreams, create your life, express your vision!!

Be Inspired,
~Jean
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Let the Judging Begin!!!

It's Fair Time......Let the Judging Begin!!!

Good Morning.....busy, busy, busy......today's the day.....I go around town and collect my artwork so I can enter it into the Elko County Fair.....I can not believe that someone asked me this question!!!!......

."Do professional artists enter fairs?".....YES!!!!!, I have entered the fair every year for the last 15 years. I am just as excited to do so today as I was the first time I ever let the public see my first painting. I paint for the love of creating, the love of expressing myself, because I think Artist have a responsibility to paint the world around them., and because I can't not create!! There is nothing like the feeling when the doors open and you look around to find where they have hung your artwork and see a ribbon!!! It's thrilling!!!! Never a guarantee people will like your style, understand your work, and respond with great appreciation.....I love that I'm some what anonymous because I like to stand back and listen to the comments people make about the artwork....I love the fair. This is where I experiment, explore and send out  my new styles, techniques and listen to the critiques.

Yes I do the fair. I encourage everyone to do the fair.

I know most of you will not get to the fair to see my artwork, so here's a sneak peak...

Here are my enters

Please enjoy my artwork



Souls Song, acrylic, landscape



 



Pear, acrylic, still life



Abundance, mixed medium, nonobjective



Rest, acrylic, portrait



Midnight Souls, acryic, Miscellanceous



Boat House acrylic, Nonobective

It's just a rumor I heard

Yesterday, today and tomorrow

Life is curved, acrylic, 4' x 4'
Jean Hart Artwork
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Yesterday is only a dream, tucked away in the recess's of your mind. Tomorrow only a vision, a hope and dream. The question for today is "What will you do today, while you live and breathe and are alive to make your tomorrows happier, wiser and stronger?

Will you sit and wait for the world, your world to change? Or will you have the courage to take a small step to change yourself for your world or the larger world?

The answer of course is yours alone. But, it reminds me of a quote I remember, "If you always do the same things you have always done, then  you will always get the same answer you have always gotten". It's something like that, and I'm sorry I don't remember who said that or if I'm quoting it correctly, but still it is something that has always stayed with me.
Today, really is the best life you have....it's the present life....the one that you are reaping the benefits of yesterdays decisions and planning for  the future. All things rely I what you do NOW, TODAY.

Heart's Desires, acrylic 4' x 4' Jean Hart Artwork
Heart's desires, they come from within, from without. Idea's are acted upon and plans are made.
Opportunities!!! Do they really only come knocking on your door once?
I THINK NOT!!!!
I think that's just a rumor.....for the people who don't meet their dreams half way...
Be Inspired,
~Jean
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Many Blessings

Many Blessing, mixed medium. 5" x 7"
The many blessings of making every day count. Make it unlike any other day you've ever had.

The Art of Living....is hard work



The Art of Living.....is hard work.....

Moral Compass, acrylic,

I have started a new book, "The Art of Living" The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness, By Sharon Lebell

"Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible." The Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born on the eastern edges of the Roman Empire in A.D. 55, but The Art of Living is still perfectly suited for any contemporary self-help or recovery program. To prove the point, this modern interpretation by Sharon Lebell casts the teachings in up-to-date language, with phrases like "power broker" and "casual sex" popping up intermittently. But the core is still the same: Epictetus keeps the focus on progress over perfection, on accomplishing what can be accomplished and abandoning unproductive worry over what cannot. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

I'm sure that if I went back into my childhood I will recognize the lessons that are in this book. But, as I am getting older and life has pulled some punches my opinions that were so strong when I was younger seem to be blending into a softer line. Not everything I see or hear can be so black and white. I no longer see good or bad, or even if your not with me than your against me attitude. Age has soften me. I'm not as judgemental and think mostly that somethings I read in the news, well, frankly, are just not my business!!!!

I painted the painting above before I even know that maybe my "morale compass" may have turned a degree or two.

I'm seeking the good life, the easy life, one where I do not suffer so hard with choices I make.

No Shame, No Blame.

I will post lessons I've learned or not learned. But right from the beginning the book quotes the Serenity Prayer.

Something to think about,

Be Inspired,

~Jean

August Full Moon

Midnight Souls, acrylic, 24" x 36" Jean Hart Artwork

August's Full Moon Aspects

This month received its name from the oracular Juno Augusta. The term augur was later applied to priests, and august to the Roman emperors. An august person was filled with the spirit of the Goddess (the Holy Spirit). To augur means to prophesy, to see, to increase.

Full moon aspect: Barley moon

Universal event: Lammas, the festival of the bread

Communal event: Festivals to honor the food

Message: To gather, to appreciate, to nurture

Activity: Concentrated wisdom, meditation

Healing properties: Awareness of time and patience

Color: Yellow

Tree: Hazel

Flower: Poppy, gladiolus

Creature: Crane

Gem: Sardonyx, peridot

Be Inspired,

~Jean

Midnight Souls





Midnight Souls,

close your eyes, and turn off the lights, look out and see the twinkling stars. Your journey to the deep inside all awaits for you. Where do your Muses lives? Are they floating around you while you sleep? Talk to them, call them out, they wait to hear from you. Let them hold your hand and guide you. Follow their inspiration. Trust your wandering mind, watch how the sky is so active with hope, wishes, and dreams.

Be Inspired,

Jean Hart

http://www.jeanhartartwork.com/

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Happy Pink Saturday

Happy Pink Saturday.

Let's have a party.



Sassy and Jax have already started on the punch



Yellow sunflowers



HAPPY PINK SATURDAY.......
my angels are so busy flying around and making things happen., they had to call in help from other angel stations!!! Now that I'm done studying for the Praxis test...I made a huge decision...I'm thinking about just doing art only, all the time as my sole profession......
This was a huge decision to DECLARE.

The idea came to me, right now, as if to say, "This minute, this time, this space in time is yours. Declare  that this is my freedom. This is the only way for me to go." Well I tell you, once you say things out loud, in front of others and to yourself. Things start changing quickly. I DECLARE!!! AS SOON AS I SAID IT PEOPLE STARTED ASKING ME TO PAINT THINGS FOR THEM!!!

I once heard it said that if you can think it you can become it. Words are really that powerful. Choose them wisely, or not at all.

Have a wonderful day, week, month and life. I hope it is the life you declare it to be.
What would you like to DECLARE?

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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FIRE

FIRE, ACRYLIC,  JEAN HART ARTWORK

FIRE....
acrylic
5" x 9"
Fire, too much, too quickly, too fast. That is how fire is. A lot like emotions that take off in a heated moment. Keeping quiet when your on fire..hard to do. Maybe it's like taking on too much too soon and your feeling like you can't go fast enough.
FIRE
Well, that's a little bit of the way I'm feeling these days.
Of course, it could be due to the July Full Moon, which has me running around crazy. I'm getting ready for a new exhibit, called, "Elements",  fire, water, air, earth, and Spirit. So this little painting is part of my process. It will go through changes, sizes and elements of its own.
Please enjoy my artwork.
This is my inspiration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5PoIrcyd34
Be Inspired,
~Jean