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Art Work available for sale!! and some news!
I now have a reasonable source for selling my artwork (yay!). You can get prints, or contact me about originals. They ship right to you in whatever format you like. Also if you see something on this website you would like me to offer as a print just let me know and I can upload the image of that piece for print sale. Also if you would like a signed print please let me know before you order and I will have it shipped directly to me so i can sign it and forward it on to you. Here is the link, also I will embed some directly on this page.
All is well otherwise, Scott and I are expecting a little girl and I am 5 and 1/2 months along. Any name suggestions would be great. love you all sarah wacked outMMM I may be closing this site down soon due to the fact that anyone who wants can print off my photos. That is very disturbing. The photo place sells my prints for a profit. thats not right i own the copyrights to those pics. (i worked hard on those paintings) ;(
any way thought id leave it open for a few days on limited access in case friends want to see wedding photos then ill remove all copyrighted content and leave a big message . love s wedding picsHello everyone, just thought i'd post a quick update and a few photos from the wedding.
A little free advert. for our photographer (her name Heather-Bohm Tallman) she was excellent. We had a dinner murder mystery that was great fun and karioki (not sure how to spell that). It was at a beautiful spot up in the adirondacks.
We went to Greece for our honeymoon, it was lovely ;)
Also just got a new puppy ;) We are still remodeling the house so still really busy ... but my studio is almost ready so then i'll be back to work as usual.
I've been taking some photos this summer for my creative outlet while i've no place to paint (and i'll post those) but soon i can paint again ... YAYAYAYA ;) God has REALLY been taking care of me. Thanks God.
hope alls well and everyone is doing fine.
love s
PS all these photos are copyrighted by Heather-Bohn Tallman Photography wedding wedding and one more weddingOnce again I haven't been here in forever. Scott and I decided to elope (well semi) ... We had a small ceremony at our church with just our parents and basically it was a prayer ceremony with our own vows at the end. So to say life has been hetic is quite mild. First fusing our two homes into one (his and boy could you tell just boys lived there) also he has an 8 year old son so that takes some getting used to (on everyone's side). Its a big adjustment peroid, but its going well and we are finally able to gain focus again (instead of just mooning over each other constantly... though we do still do that a bit :)
So my family found out we eloped and all wanted a wedding. Plus id like to ware the dress and visit with all my loved ones. So we are having a full wedding June 23rd. And boy is that comming up quick. But its comming together.
If anyone knows a PHOTOGRAPHER in the area (upstate NY) lemme know ... Im having a hard time finding one that is not outrageously expensive. Plus I m a little picky about the photos photojournalist/ b&w's cause of my artistic tilt.
Otherwise havent gotten much painting done since FEB when we really got married have to make room for a studio here. Theres still lots of work to be done. But I will tell you waiting for the right person is worth it (as much as i dislike cleaning).
I hope all of you are doing well P.G. , and goodness ... hello to you too hope all is well inyour lives. once we get a place to put the computer then hopefully this site will get a little more action.
Love that does what it says is a rare and blindingly beautiful thing.
Love is an action, and as with all actions you must choose to act.
Love sarah A merry Christmas announcement ;)Merry Christmas everyone and i hope you have a wonderful new year!
Thanks to all those who sent me Christmas emails its so nice to here from all of you. Howdy to all those at the DDC. and Love to all my friends in Bosnia. For Christmas I went to Disney World in Florida It was a fun exciting and exhausting trip. There is so much to see and we had a couple of kids with us so we had to try to see it all!!! But the most exciting thing about the trip ? I got engaged!!! It was very special ... It was 3 at the end of Christmas day. We were standing in front of the princess castle. The song 'Someday my Prince will come' was playing in the background and we were the last 2 people in the park. He gave me paper flowers -got down on one knee- held out a ring and said "will you marry me". it was all very 'magical'.A few of the security people whistled and/or clapped. I said yes of course and we stood for a bit absorbing the moment (kissing  ). . Then the cleaning lady started walking past to give us the hint to go ... Scott glanced up as she tapped her wrist. Walking out down the main street (with the park all to ourselves) it was all beautifully decorated a voice came on over the loud speaker saying 'we hope your time here has made memories that will last a lifetime'. I couldn't have asked for anything more special. Scott says God orchestrated it and i agree it was all so lovely and i feel so blessed. I hope you are too in the upcoming year and I love hearing from all of you. Merry Christmas ! love Sarah (new york)
ps im really working on getting back into the online thing just so much going on but hope you like some of the new paintings :) from out of nowhere... the fall reentry blogHello.....
to any one who still stops by here on occasion (here is where to put a bashful grin at my absence). Summer just isnt my time for being indoors. But as an artist ill claim my right to eccenctricity and overwhelming attraction to the beauty of creation as my reasons.
Im going to post some new paintings hopefully within the next week. I just have to finish photographing them. If you've written me and i havent answered back... im not ignoring you ... i just havent been online at all. so im going to try to play catchup with all those i owe contact to ... and/or miss. to all those who continually blog faithfully (even year round) ... i admire you.
sarah
ps additionally i've fallen for a lovely boy and he muddels my brain quite a bit ;) none greaterAt the beginning of a new path ready and waiting to fall off the cliff, I am closer to love than i have ever been.
In Christ i stand and watch the world whirl by and even this earthly tie is dwarfed by His majesty.
My joy is given by Him. People to love, old wounds healed, moments turn to hours of freedom from fears.
And all these things He gives they make me happy.
But nothing makes me happier than my time with Him. His presence is immeasurable bliss.
To bring my King Joy motivates my moves. I will do any thing He asks me to.
What makes Him happy? Our searching for Him. Our acceptance of His gifts.
When we allow ourselves to be known by Him and He can finally show how He loves each and every facet of all He has made.
'I LOVE YOU' He shouts and we turn away. Ironically. from that which consumes our being.
To be loved for who we truly are, below the surface in our unknown abyss where we think no one could ever see.
Let alone loved, and eagerly embraced without bias. We are ready to be Loved.
YOU as you are. Me as I am.
We stand within God awaiting His command, yet He abuses no power and waits for us to acknowledge him. How gentle He is.
This Love is almost more than i can stand. Creator of the Universe wanting to know me.
Waiting to Give. Waiting to Amaze me, little me, with His power. "WATCH WHAT I CAN DO" My Lord you are perfect.
Fractions of our Lord are found in those around us. We are all a piece of Him as our children are of us.
If i could understand what makes true happiness in each life,
I would still see only a small part of what our creator can be to us. He is infinite if we will let Him be.
'Close your eyes my child'. He will out grow the bounds of your imagination.
He will wash you away in a flood of Love you never thought possible. He is in-Love with you.
And that will never change whether you accept it or not. But it is FREE and who couldn't use more love?
Love you dont have to pay for. No cost. No pain. Please take it.
Someone made you from the ground up simply to know you. No other reason.
We are beautiful. Let yourself be known. update Haven't been keeping up as i should i know... but its summer ;)
Here are a few updates:
*as for the Juried show ... The week i was planning on sending in my entry we had that massive flooding. I work in Emergency services so i was extreamly busy and missed the entry date. i didnt even realize it till the following wendsday. Oh well there is always next year and other shows. Thank you all for your thoughts and encouragement.
*the car i lost was relpaced by the nice man at the dealership by a newer one with AC and a CD player!! for only $300 dollars more! and i got a check from the insurance company. between the two the death of my old car was more of a blessing than i ever thought it could be. I ended up with a better car and more money tehe once again God is good.
anyway sending love to all of you and hope you are enjoying your summer.
Thank YouYesterday... well yesterday was a day and a half. A friend and I went down state to do a little shopping. On the way down I felt a slight wobble in the front of the car and had an overwhelming urge to pray and pray hard. As I was praying I wasn't quite paying attention to where we were headed and found myself in the wrong area of the city. No matter we pulled in to turn around and saw a book sale 80% off. Yay my fav, we stopped in.
I couldn't find anything (which is unusual for me in a book store). We left. Pulling out of the shopping center was a nightmare, traffic was thick and hurried. All of a sudden we heard a loud SNAP and metal GRINDING. People in back of us SLAMMING on brakes, BLOWING on horns. We stoped moving. Getting out to look ,the front tire on the right side had decided not to turn along with the rest of the car and had broken off. Brake fluid was every where. A nice man got out of his truck and thought to help us push it out of the road, but it wasn't budging. So there we stood on the side of a severely congested highway waiting for a tow and the police.
While we were waiting a lady stopped to see if we were ok, her vehicle parked between us and the car on the roadside. We were letting her know everyone was fine and someone SMASHED into our broke-down car, throwing it across the highway, into a guardrail. The car became a few inches shorter. Lucky we weren't in it, and lucky her car was blocking us from flying shrapnel and the other car involved.
All I have to say is I could clearly see the hand of God in the entire situation.
It didn't brake on the thruway, if it had we would have flown thru the air, rolling style, and most likely died (my car is/was a little rollerskate model Ford Fiesta hatchback). And if we hadn't taken a wrong turn, we would have been on the thruway at that moment. Also it turned out right that I had bought nothing that day
Because the tow bill was $146.00 and I had $150.00 on me. I dont use/have credit cards. Everyone was pleasant and helpful despite the heavy traffic and extreme heat. No one got hurt. And to be honest I wasn't really that bothered by the whole thing. The peace of God is a beautiful thing. Ask and ye shall receive.
His answer to my prayer;
"this is going to break but I'll make it as easy as I can for you, don't worry, you know I'm always there for you."
Thank You Lord for once again showing you faithfull careful attention for my well being. Your love is all around me. My AngerAnger is a vile thing
Overwhelming our sane sences
Leading our souls closer to despair
Residing within waiting
At a moments notice it will grow
Seeing red, my mouth forms words
My heart cries at
How thoughtless I've become
So quickly, effortlessly
A pain-inflicting tool
I am ashamed
And sorry whatFrustrating. Overwhelm me. I turn out to be
Inadequacy, impatience inside of me
unable to accomplish what I hope to dream
I stand waiting, watching everythin'
Struggling, sprinting to nowhere, God are you there?
I hunt for your will. Standing still and I stare.
Why? is it eluding me? What have I done
I have prayed, and keep on, feeling undone,
up Prayer! I surrender, haven't you already won?
I hand over my me to your only son, impatiently lost,
Hello God hello? Don't go Lord, what a cost
Tears are waiting; they set in my throat, eyes float
Where would you have me? Tell me, true
I'm in limbo, anything for you.
My dream dim, painted to be, desperate for you to show your glory,
Your grace vivid, dancing on walls,
Greater visions give my heart calls, my eyes are opened,
How pitiful I am,
So many lost, I do what I can.
meager life, Why am I in the middle? so little.
I give my paint and passion for you. What else can I do? An evil voice laughs in my ear, says to me 'your not enough and you'll never be'
He is the King of the universe and
I am ashamed. not even up to speaking your name.
I feel I must increase for you, trying to give more than I should hope to
Giving up that I loved most, second to you
now I stand lost and cling to whats true
Adrift in the spiritual, with madness around
My Lord, My Christ let your Love abound
without the taste of your spirit, my heart starts to ice
but it is for you, let me not think twice
All I want is to serve, bring me hope as a dove
Let not one miss, the beautiful love, it inspires giving Glory to you, God above
And as I cry out, hear me still
I'm standing here waiting, wondering your will.
goalsDays pass and I don't realize how far away I get till I take a moment to stand and look back. Did I lose my focus? Or start to let some little things carry me away? As I am lost now, I'll be making the most of it; as long as I dont forget to. How did I get here?
I know where I want to go (for now) short term and long and yet all that seems to get crowded out very easily. And am I not missing out if I dont grab hold of where I am now? I guess thats part of the challenge. Keeping your eyes on the far shore while enjoying the cool swim now, taking time to play and feeling the enveloping soft water around you. I haven't reached that shore yet. I don't know that it's all it looks from here. And as for God, He may know and wash me down stream a bit for a better landing in the end.
What do I want? I want to remain real with God and not become complacent.I want to finish the paramedic program. I want to get the mural going at the center. I want to attend the agean center in the spring semester (scholarships and God willing). I want to fall in love gently and with the man God has prepared to handle me (hehe truth). I want to be more loving.Many of these things are attainable but seem so impossible right now; at this point the art school in Greece seems the farthest. Yet it is the one I hope for the most, well it's tied with falling in love.
Let's hope to dig ourselves out of the mire of the daily, to embrace it's beauty, to discard it's disappointments and dark spots, to keep our eyes on the passion of our heart that will bring us ever closer to contentment and God as all things (good and bad) are brought about by Him. lalala...
Juried show pick?Ok everyone im looking to enter a juried show in NYC and am only able to enter one piece. And many of mine are too large.
It has to be less than 42x42 framed so i am putting measurements on all the work here.
I could use some help...
I'd love to hear everyone's opinion on which one i should enter.
And thanks in advance for all your input.
Im leaning toward: Joy, or the ink Chaos.The sunflower field is another option. but open to any suggestions. With such a limited entry id like to choose a piece that is beautiful (or classically accecptable) and worth notice but also shows my style as it is the only piece any one will see. Id hate to have them love the piece i entered then be shocked/dissapointed because it dosent represent the rest of my work.
Stoy...Essie as you requested... Some show info: Previous shows have held mainly classical type work. Its held in NYC and i believe one of the judges works (curator) at the Metropolitan Museum and another for a major art mag. Its an open Juried show so anyone can try to enter but with only one piece allowed for submittal its a difficult choice to make. More Info at the address below.
Its being put on by the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc. their 110th annual show.
excuse the jibberish, these thoughts are difficult to grab a hold of...What a funny thing love is, sometimes it can sweep over every thing and consume you. Other times it is a vauge refrence as trials surpass all you have in you. But then there is a place where it just floats and is.
There is someone i love. i am not in love with him in as is thought in most ways, but i love him, with all my heart. am i with him? no. will i ever be? thats an irrelevant question. its not even related.
Who knew life would be such a funny thing where you could love some one so? All their faults and virtues, only to love them for who they are. not what they are to you. I am not as wise in my current age as I wish I was, looking back I do see all the misjudgements and mistakes i've made. But I can love someone with all my heart just for what i see in them.
And i believe love without strings surpasses wisdom as it becomes the pure place it was ment to be.
So saying that. I love you. every facet and flaw. I hope you know and if you find yourself in a dark place feel free to recall. It is more than friendship and bridged by something mysterious to me, and not what everyone else would make it out to be. What kind of love is it? I dont know, just love. with You i changeeach day passes
dreams change, or stay the same
all the time God's calling my name
taking my heart making me tame
rejoicing in my wildness, adding fire to the flame
who i am and where i go. who knows
sometimes i wish the future shows
so i could make my heart safe, calm my head
what's true? should i believe you instead?
everyone says the same. wanting me to change
but i can be just who i am
and with You, how i became
who i am and no changing that
so ill walk my lonely way holding tight to my hat
though the winds would have me
i cant have that
on: artArt is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone. Vincent van Gogh I like working. My friends get pissed off. I cancel dinner dates and all that kind of stuff because I like being in my studio. Jenny Saville
"My artwork is never bad, love is in the little thingsI've been dying for some paint and have been totally broke, I couldn't even finish a painting I had started because I had run out of a few colors.
Today was the last class in the paramedic program for the summer. Our school uses ID cards for everything and once the money's on the card you can't take it off you have to spend it. So I thought ohh a spending spree ... I've got $50 bucks left. I went to the store hoping for some paint, all they had was white oil and I needed other colors. I didnt see anything. Its not an art school so no shocker there. In any case there were 2 different prices on the white so I asked which was right.
" Its the more expensive one" he told me, " but I'll give it to you for 60% off and I have a bunch of colors in the back too if you like I'll give those to you for you at 60% off also."
Whooo!!! boy was I psyched. he said "some guy ordered them for a class he was teaching then quit" and he was now stuck with inventory he couldn't move, and the school year was ending. I bought as much as I could with my $50 bucks and told him I'll be back for the rest on friday.
I am so blessed by the love of my Lord. I didn't ask for them but He knows my heart, saw what I needed and gave me something that would move my heart. Something just for me.
I am humbeled and overjoyed to experience this personal love of my lord. He constantly amazes me with how well He knows my heart. God is sooo good to me. on: in-LoveThis is my beloved and this is my friend. Song of Solomon Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.Emily Bronte The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. Henry Miller To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. Blackwater Woods I love you
...love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other. Han Suyin Christians - By Maya Angelou When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'." I'm whispering "I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven." When I say. "I am a Christian" I don't speak of this with pride. I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide. When I say.. "I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong. I'm professing that I'm weak And need His strength to carry on. When I say.. "I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success. I'm admitting I have failed And need God to clean my mess. When I say.. "I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect, My flaws are far too visible But, God believes I am worth it. When I say... "I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain. I have my share of heartaches So I call upon His name. When I say..! . "I am a Christian" I'm not holier than thou, I'm just a simple sinner Who received God's good grace, somehow! |
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