Loveland Transformation Project: Day 2

About 5 feet or so from where I'm painting is a big drainage ditch that is quite full of water right now.  I'm a little freaked out by the bugs and insects it's attracting.  More than any bug, I'm super afraid of snakes.  So I've been checking the grass around the box before I begin working.  I also found a bee's nest under the lock.  I'd jump in to put a brush stroke of paint down and then jump away.  The other nature highlight today was a mama duck and about 6 babies who made it across all 4 lanes of 287 to the drainage ditch.  Yeah for the duckies.  All this and I managed to get more of the purple background done today.

Artists Who Inspire

Cancer Cell No. 8, 20 x 24 inches

Renee Phillips who is an author, curator and founder and Director of Manhattan Arts International in New York, NY is writing a book, Artists Who Inspire.  The book is about artists using the creative process as a healing tool.  The author has struggled with personal loss and childhood trauma but she has dealt with her tragedy through art.  Her interest in using art as a healing process led her to write the book.  Read her story and mine too!...in the excerpt on her blog HERE.