mixed media artist

Come On Inside Joyful Paws/Pause Cottage Studio to See What’s New…

Posted by Barbara Techel

It’s been many years now since my studio was featured on a local news station. Back then it was #shesheds that were all the rage and why a reporter had reached out to me for an interview and a tour.

The funny thing is my studio had been built long before it became a trend. So I guess I was ahead of the curve – though I didn’t know it! LOL

Since the construction of my studio back in 2009, I’ve evolved, as well as, my special space has morphed into supporting more dreams of mine which now all take place under this 10 x 12 roof.

It’s here I still write, though these days that is mostly blog posts and my newsletter. But it’s where I now also create Animal Oracle mixed media art, and facilitate Intuitive Oracle Readings for people and for people and their pets via Zoom.

So after I was sweetly nudged by another artist to share a video of my space, I created this updated video…

And you are cordially invited to come on inside! I hope you will enjoy! And when you are done, you can also check out the studio of the artist who nudged me to do a video…see below…

Here is a tour of Jules Chabeaux – wildlife artist – art studio…

XO

Barb

    

Honoring the Autumn of Life – A New Mixed Media Print

Posted by Barbara Techel

Last week when I posted a photo on Facebook of this piece I created on an 8 x 10 birchwood panel as a gift for a friend who recently retired, I received so many lovely comments! So I decided to offer it for sale as a print in my online website shop. 5 x 7 is $15 and an 8 x 10 is $20 plus $5.00 shipping for either size.

For as long as I’ve known my friend, which has been over 20 years now, she has always adored acorns. One day in May we were visiting in my Joyful Pause Cottage studio when she spied a few dried oak leaves on my art table. She said how much she loved them. Right then I knew what I was going to create for her as a gift for her approaching new phase of life.
 
I included the bluebird, symbolic of happiness as a way of finding joy and new adventures in the autumn of one’s life.
 
The Oak tree from which the sweet acorns grow also known as the Tree of Life symbolic of longevity and considered one of the most sacred tress in many traditions.

Creating this piece had me contemplating once again, the autumn of my life that I am just on the cusp of as I begin my 60th orbit around the sun having just turned 59 a few weeks ago.

So much loving energy went into this piece and brought much peace and contentment as I worked on it…and I’m happy to say my friend was deeply touched and thrilled by it too.

If you’d like to purchase a print, just click here to be taken to the page in my online website shop.

XO

Barb