Worth Love Art: From the Heart for the Heart

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I'm a 25 year old, mother of two. I have been a homemaker since the birth of my first child. I may seemingly have little to do with the world around me, due to the fact that my impact on the world goes unseen in a lot of ways. I take my job as a mother very seriously though, because it's not one life, mine, thats going to be affecting the world in my eyes, but rather the lives of my children that will make an impact. Therefore I'm doing the best I can, as I learn, to try to teach them how to live meaningful lives. I praise God for everything that I have and especially a newly found ability to paint. If it wasn't for the events good and bad that he's lead me thru and out of in my life I wouldn't be the person I am today. So in everything that I do I pray that He will get glory in it. I'm not perfect so that statement doesn't come with a guarantee, it is just simply a prayer and a hope for my life.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Lot's to think about, Lot's to do

We have started considering and I guess, more so making the steps in order to make a possible move to Birmingham Alabama.  Haven is now applied to a couple of position in the area we have been looking at.  What has prompted the move...I think to really explain, we have to take you back all the way to a job Haven had when we temporarily moved to Colorado for a couple of months last year.
We decided that we loved it out there.  Obviously the scenery is beautiful there and it was just really a great place.  The thing is another part we liked about it out there.  We began to have this feeling that if we lived somewhere away from our 'support system'  aka family.  Then we might grow closer as an immediate family and also learn to have a greater faith and trust in God, more than what we have been.  So when another couple we know recently made a move to Birmingham, Haven and my wheels started turning and I guess it's just been a slow progression of thoughts that have slowly turned into action.  We feel that in Birmingham we would still be close enough to family that we wouldn't feel that we weren't able to see them (as it is just a quick 2 hour trip from where most of the family is to Birmingham) and yet we would still be in a position in which we could learn that new facet of trusting in God.  So, here we are, just knocking on doors waiting to see which one will open, or stay shut for that matter.

As far as my artwork goes, I went to another show on Friday night.  It didn't prove to be all that successful, but foot traffic was terrible.  It was outdoors and had been raining earlier in the day, so it was VERY chilly.  I haven't really been working on any new paintings of my own lately.  Although I'm almost done with my latest commission.  I've just been working on it when I have the chance, it's not needed until Christmas at latest, so it's a low pressure job, which is nice.  I was able to work on getting some of my stuff on etsy.com last night, so hopefully there will be something to come of that.  I figure the more eyes I can get on my paintings  the better.  Oh, and I also got to speak with one of the art professor's from UNA on Friday night.  As she was walking by my booth I recognized her and caught her to get a quick critique and some pointers.  She was very encouraging and said to not have any formal training or education of art that I was doing very well.  She, like most, did say that it would be good to work up a collection with a certain theme or style.  Not that I have to always stick with a certain theme or style, but it's good for exhibition to work off of those.  So we will see.  I've been thinking lately that I need to try to do that, not because that is what everyone is saying to do, but because I need to discipline myself to stay on a thought for that long.  It's definitely something that I will be considering through prayer in the upcoming days.  But for now I'm kind of in the mode to fix up our house for possible sell.
'Til next time
Whitney

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