"DREAM CATCHER", AND TWO AFFIRMATION STICKS © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Dream Catcher"

Acrylic on textured gallery wrap canvas

$45

Available at Luna's Mandala

This is one of several pieces I'm doing as a special series specifically for my gallery at Luna's Mandala.  If you have not been up to Conifer to see this special space I hope you do soon!  Luna has a wonderful store that includes original artwork from local artisans...jewelry, wonderful organic and trade free clothing, minerals, crystals and MORE!  I love the atmosphere at Luna's Mandala...it is CALM and INVITING!  She is wonderful about making everyone who stops by feel like they are the one and only!  SO, I am pleased to do work that "fits" in when ever she asks.  "Dream Catcher" is one such piece!  

ALSO specific to Luna's are my "Affirmation Sticks".  These fun little bits o art are my way of reminding us that we are important, and we need to remember it!  I create these affirmation sticks by wrapping a dowel with hemp, leather, and other bits of this or that and then add color and such with beads of different stones.  Then comes the affirmation.  I will use metal pre printed ones if it fits, but if it doesn't fit what I want to say I make my own and encase it in two part epoxy for a permanent application. 

"Do Your Best"

Affirmation Stick

$45

Available at Luna's Mandala

"do your best and let that be enough" is something I say to myself ALL THE TIME!  I think women often push themselves to do so much and then spend so much time regretting that it wasn't enough.  THIS affirmation is for a woman like this!  We need to remember, OUR BEST IS ENOUGH!  Thus the birth of this piece!This wrapped affirmation is attached to old barn wood and is ready to hang!

and, is if that wasn't enough, the little reminder below "truth" should be enough to cement that thought in our minds...IT IS TRUE!  BEST IS BEST! lol (by the way, things coated with epoxy are hard to photograph...the glare is not something I can avoid for straight on shots...i promise it isn't "glarey" in life!) 👍

"Choose Happy"

Affirmation Stick on gallery wrap canvas

$45

Available at Luna's Mandala in Conifer, CO

 "Choose Happy" was a no brainer for me...we are living in some stressful times right now, so I wanted to bring some bright color and a reminder that we CAN "Choose Happy" to make our day tun around.  This Affirmation comes to the person who needs that visual reminder to turn their frown upside down to quote a long loved phrase! 

I will continue to create these fun reminders to self as I am inspired to do so!  We all need to remember to be kind to ourselves!

FIND INSPIRATION WHERE YOU CAN!

"BE THE CHANGE" latest affirmation stick added to my ETSY shop © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Be the Change"

Affirmation Stick

$28

Available through my ETSY shop

"Be the Change" is my first customized quote affirmation stick. I enjoy using the pre made quotes I find here and there, but on this one I took the quote "Be the Change You Wish to See" by Gandi and customized it on paper and then covered it with resin so it would be firm enough to attach to my dowel. This makes these affirmation sticks a customizable item for me! YAY! This is wrapped with canvas, leather, wire with beads added. These affirmation sticks are meant to be a reminder that you hang near your work station or anywhere else you need a reminder to, as in this case, BE that Change You Wish to See in this world! This dowel is apx 12" long and attached to a piece of barnwood. 

 In the detail of the swag you will see Howlite chips, silver bling and even a canvas bead.  I use these for a bit of color, texture and well, design fun!  I've also added the Howlite beads to the dowel as you can see.

WHY do I make these?  Well, as I have said in the past, I need a switch up now and then to clear my creative pallet so to speak.  Not only do I love working with lots of different media and objects in my artwork, but I love the words that can so often speak to that part of us that needs a bit of a boost.  For me, to look at a dowel for instance and think..."what can I make with this?  what can I do to create something new?"  I find that in the process of creating something new, it frees my creative spirit and helps in my paintings and other creative aspects of my life.  

I highly encourage you, especially if you are in a slump of any kind, to take an object and let your creative brain take over...make something new, do something different with it...it is FUN and often will free you from the slump and get you back on track again!

BE INSPIRED IN THE SMALLEST OF THINGS!!!