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vonda drees art

art that plumbs the depths of love

Tag: warmth

February 2

Posted on February 2, 2022 by vondadrees

Above my desk hangs a canvas that says, “Art surprises the artist.” It’s a good mantra for me because within… Read more February 2

January 24

Posted on January 24, 2022 by vondadrees

Our best teachers fan into flame what can only arise naturally from within us. And now, a haiku: Darkness bears… Read more January 24

December 16

Posted on December 16, 2021 by vondadrees

From time to time I’ve thought about Saralinda, the woman described in the 2019 post. I am grateful to have… Read more December 16

October 8

Posted on October 8, 2021 by vondadrees

Grateful for the deep warmth I sense in this day’s images. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 A couple Pacific Northwest… Read more October 8

July 26

Posted on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 by vondadrees

2015 – Notes from the ELCA National Youth Gathering 2016 2017 2018 2019 “Seven Years of Wonder” is a daily… Read more July 26

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Instagram holds many seasons of my creative contemplation. It continues to be a place I share fresh paint & ink, and I'd be delighted to meet you there!

You are loved, Stardust, “[A] blessing has a kind of flow, a current on which it travels. It moves both within us and beyond us, something to be passed along rather than kept only for ourselves.” —Jan Richardson, from the preface of How The Stars Get In Your Bones In addition to the Watercolor Cosmos class, May 10-15, 2026, I’ll also be teaching Mandalas in Watercolor, June 7-13, 2026. “An ancient literary form that appears across spiritual traditions, a blessing is a distinctive, sometimes poetic constellation of words designed to call upon and convey God’s deep desire for our wholeness, both individually and in community. A blessing… arises from and depends on relationship, the connections that hold us together.” —Jan Richardson, from the preface of her book, How The Stars Get In Your Bones It’s no spectacle. “The earth softens. Light stretches longer across the sky. Somewhere between what is held and what is released, creation stirs.” —from the description of Spring Sacred Arts on the Grunewald Guild website Pigment and water When your art practice When edges soften,

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