PineShoreStudio/Paintings by Helen Harris

So ,despite my best attempts at trying to keep the status quo in my daily business routines, living with my 90 year old Dad is like Alice falling into the rabbit hole with the Mad Hatter! This has been an experience unlike any other. Has it affected my work? You bet! It has thrown me back to past habits of working around the schedules that I had years ago while raising three children. Interruptions, daily crisis, questions and doubts, balanced by moments of success , improvement and growth. It has been an emotional rollercoaster that it is showing up in my work. My art rep received new work in January. I am exhibiting in a new show at The Ocean County Artist Guild,Island Heights NJ. Feb.3-26.and.... I've suddenly hit a wall. Now I need to take a deep breath,refocus and allow myself a moment of rest. But most importantly to acknowledge that it is ok to do so. My natural work habits will resurface as crisis' diminish. Sun Kissed: framed,$295. currently on exhibit at the Ocean Co...

I've been trying to get to this blog all day. I read Lisa Call's blog http://blog.lisacall.com/ about getting on the Resolution Revolution band wagon. This idea was the subject of Christine Kane's recent blog christinekane.com . Choose a word to be your touch stone during the up coming year rather than a list of New Year's resolutions. She had a list of word choice to think about and as I read through the selection "patience" seemed to be the word that resonated with me. In light of the recent addition of my elderly father to my household this choice will be repeated in my head 24/7. I'm in the process of adjusting to the world of "slow down" that is so necessary to his care. Tonight I missed a marketing call that I had reserved weeks ago ( before Dad) with smARTist Telesummit http://smartist-telesummit.com/ . Dad needed me just then...patience... with him, myself . He is sleeping. Now, I'll paint,write and catch up to my day. It will be wh...