What's the driving force behind the major shift in my artwork?

My background is in textile art and garments as well as many forms of art, mediums. All my skills have come together and shifted mostly to Mosaic Art which incorporates all my previous skills. 
 

What's the driving force behind the major shift in my artwork?

March 30, 2024 my family and I lost my son. 

Scott was an amazing tattoo artist and his art will live on for as long as his last customer or sibling is still alive wearing a piece of his heart and soul. 
Scott has inspired his brother to start drawing and using his talents again in his honor. 
Family and my art are what give me purpose.

 My first large mosaic table was where I pictured Scott's spiritual world. Both day and night. 
 

On May 17th, 2024, we would have been celebrating Scott’s Birthday but the universe had different plans.

I went to the Spring Preserves to enjoy the Butterfly Habitat and spend some quality time with Scott and nature   That’s when I knew
What I am meant to do. I found a way to incorporate all my previous skills into mosaics and textile mixed media artwork.  

This year on his Birthday, We went to Dave and Busters to Play.  Scott was the master of the Claw game.  When he was 13, he had won enough stuffed animals to fill a black garbage bag and donated them to a children's hospital in Arizona.  I saw that some locations have a human claw game.  He would have loved that!

I will find ways to take a portion of my proceeds to help others struggling with depression, PTSD and Addiction. 
 I know is that you can't help someone if you’re unaware they need help. 

My Art has been therapy to be able to walk through the inconceivable. 

Scott will be missed but never forgotten!!
I love you forever, I love you for always…Mom
 
 After the loss of my son, I felt the best way to honor the artist that he was is to continue my work and get inspiration from his creativity and talents. 


This is where we began and all roads lead to Mosaic Art and Textile Designs. 
 

Let’s celebrate life, not destroy it.

My Story?
 What would I tell myself if I were just starting out?
Look for inspiration in nature and in the creative work of others. The success Is motivation to keep moving forward every day. Taking the action, know it's handmade and made from the heart. Always embrace the imperfections and move on to something new.

I've enjoyed so many different forms of art and I’ve struggled with many too.

It’s when we let the work become our inspiration and follow the first stitch with the next natural stitch that it becomes art.

Upcycled Paulson Poker Chips and game pieces, vintage Finds and embroidery along with a few clothing favorites.  

July 22, 2025

  Every phase  was necessary because each skill set built upon the last one.  Art is a process of Trial and error.  Most people have worked countless hours perfecting their art.  I think it's an important fact.  We have to work to develop our gifts. I was told that the skills are on loan from the universe and we have a responsibility to use them.  This perspective helps me because I don't get full of myself.  I think that using our imaginations, Seeing pictures in the clouds faces in the trees,  Nature is one of the best artists.  

 Sometimes we don't know what our future will hold.  We make plans and the Universe laughs.

I don't know about you, but my best teachers taught me what not to do.  Who I didn't want to be.  I don't have any regrets.  I believe I am exactly where I'm supposed to be.  

A Broken human being.  I'm picking up the broken pieces of my life and I'm putting myself back together piece by piece.  Being okay not being okay.  It sounds cliche but there's so much freedom in being true to myself and not putting on a fake facade like an old TV commercial for a carpet cleaning product pretending that everything was okay.  

I think society dictates social norms and tells us how they want us to be.  What to wear, how to live, what determines a life well lived.  We think we know what's best for us and others whten we really don't have a clue.  

Scott taught me many wonderful lessons.  He believed on working to live as opposed to living to work.  American society has many backward ideas.  We don't always enjoy ourselves.  We think we will do things someday, Well, someday doesn't always come.  Our health and physical abilities don't always last.  Coulda, Shoulda Woulda, were words I thought of as a way of making sense of regrets.  I've read many books about our souls and our purpose.  Nothing is a mistake as long as we learn from our past.  We don't have to be victimized or flawed.  We are human beings having a human experience.  

I hope that something I've written can be helpful to someone else.  When I was younger, I thought that if I had the ability to help one person, than my life was worth it.  I still believe that today.  

Please feel free to reach out if you are feeling like something I have said has was helpful.    All we can do is the best with what we have on any given day.  Some days are better than others.  As long as we know we did our best, then that's all we can do.  

There is help, and there are people who care.  You may not have met them yet.  Our reason for existing may not be obvious, and it doesn't always make us happy.  It gets painful, it seems impossible.  We don't always think we can deal with life.  We can Survive and Thrive.  WE DECIDE.  I used to joke that if we wanted a different point of view, we should stand on our heads.  Change our perspective.  Try and see things through someone else's eyes.  Everyone is doing the best they can.  People aren't doing negative things to us, they are only thinking about what's best for them.  How your behavior  or feeling make them feel.  They aren't doing things to us.  They can be totally unaware that they are having a negative effect on someone else.  Sometimes our heads can be so far up our own behinds that we don't get it.  

It took mindfulness and life coaches and healthy people in my life.  I'm grateful for all the kind people in my life.  They know who they are.  I appreciate all the  wonderful friendships.  The people who show up in my life.  The support and love of my husband and children, and my granddaughter.   Those are the gifts.  Those are the things that really matter.  

It's nice to appreciate the comforts in life but I've come to realize what truly matters.  It's my                perspective and I don't expect others to have the same belief system that I have today.  It took many years and lots of mistakes to get to this point in my life.  I don't think I could get through the day if I didn't have the type of mindset I have today.  

We can break cycles, change our path, follow our true path by doing what makes us feel content and like who we are.  I think one of the biggest gift is liking who I was and how I treated others.  We never know what someone else is going through.  We don't know why we say things to someone or why I'm sharing everything I am today.  Maybe someone needs to read this.  Maybe it's helpful.  

Life is unpredictable.  I hope I have helped you.  

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