10 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in Spirituality
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always dream, dreamer, dreams, girls, goals, healthy living, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational quotes, spirit, spirituality, women
Inspirational Art
You Can Do It
Sharon Cummings
2015
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03 Wednesday Dec 2014
Posted in Gift Ideas
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Family, friends, happiness, happy, inspirational, love, love art, love quotes, lovers, positive affirmations, quotes, to be loved
“To Be Loved”
Sharon Cummings
2014
Wishing you the gift of happiness today and every day….
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27 Saturday Sep 2014
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africa, african, african theme, animal, animal prints, animals, anniversary, baby, birthday, child, Children, colorful, colorful giraffe, cute, engagement, friend, friends, friendship, fun, gentle, gift, giraffe, giraffes, hide, inspirational, love, loving, maternal, mom, mother, mothering, nature, nursery, play, romance, romantic, safari, sharon cummings, sister, sisters, skin, skins, soft, spots, sweet, tender, wedding, wild animal, zoo, zoo animal, zoo animals
“I’ve Got Your Back”
New Mixed Media Art
Sharon Cummings
2014
Whose got your back? In my lifetime, I’ve heard the words many times, but have learned that only a precious few have actually meant it. I can count on my fingers the friends and family that have truly been there for me through thick and thin. Today I solute them and am thankful that I only have ONE back. 😉
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12 Friday Sep 2014
Posted in Art
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alone, alone time, belief, believe, believing, christian, colorful landscape, colorful tree, dream, dreamer, dreaming, encouragement, encouraging, fairy, fairy tales, fairytale, fairytales, faith, feelings, girl, hope, hopeful, inspiration, inspirational, joy, joyful, joyous, kids, kids room, landscape, life, little girl, moon, night, rooms, self reflection, sharon cummings, solitude, soul, spiritual, spirituality, swing, thinking, thoughtful, tire swing, tree, uplifting, women, wondering
“The Dreaming Tree”
Mixed Media Art
Sharon Cummings
2014
I’ve always had a special place to go to dream. For most of my life, it’s been a special tree. Everywhere I’ve lived, I had to find one. I would either climb up into it’s branches or swing from a rope/tire. Now, I just sit under it’s cooling shade and let myself go….
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08 Monday Sep 2014
Posted in Art
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bee, bee collector, bee hive, bees, best friends, bumble, bumble bee, busy bee, buzz, buzzing, collector, colorful, colors, comb, cottage, country, country decor, cute, design, friend, friendship, fun, gift, hive, honey, honey bee, honey comb, illustration, impressionist, insect, insects, inspiration, inspirational, mary kay, motivation, motivational, nice, pretty, primary, primary colors, quotation, quote, sharon cummings, sweet, typographical, typography, wisdom, word, words of wisdom
“Bee Colorful”
New Artwork
Sharon Cummings
2014
I have been as busy as a bee painting commissions and creating new art! I am on a roll and find that I do not have as much to say right now. So we can just play show and tell….I will show you and you can tell me what you think. 🙂
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24 Sunday Aug 2014
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I remember this piece very well. I almost threw it away. I spent many hours using Pantone markers and Prismacolor colored pencils getting the details of their fur just right. I wanted the eyes to have expression and depth. I was pleased with it’s progress until I tried to create a background. For some reason the grass and trees weren’t coming out the way I envisioned. They seemed too bright and did not look as good as the animals. I was crushed! Then I thought I could save it by making the background solid black. You can still see some of the black around the mane. But that didn’t work either. Finally in a last ditch effort to save all of my hard work, I got my x-acto knife and started the grueling task of cutting the giraffes out. I had to be so careful.
In the end, I decided to make a separate black border and mounted it that way to present to my teacher for grading. I got an A and it was selected for the annual school art show. As a result of it’s exhibition, I sold my very first print in 1993!
01 Tuesday Jul 2014
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antique, art, buy, contemporary, desiderata, desiderata poem, drawing, drawings, english, for sale, inspiration, inspirational, max ehrmann, max ehrmann poem, motivational, motivational words, of, old, old english, on original painting, online, paintings, paper, poem, poems, poet, poetry, prints, sharon cummings, text, texts, wisdom, word, words, words of wisdom
An old favorite of mine written by Max Ehrmann in 1927. I have combined the “Desiderata” with my “Peaceful Understanding” which seemed like a perfect combination. The last two lines sum life up for me pretty well, “With all it’s sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.” Enjoy!
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27 Monday Jan 2014
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I’ve always had a goal or two in my mind. Over the years my visualizations have changed, but one thing has stayed constant. I’ve ALWAYS dreamed. Dreaming plays an important role in our lives. It helps us cope with the stresses of life by taking us to places that are safe and comfortable. It gives our brain a much needed rest. Whether it is while you sleep or while you are wide awake, a dream is a sanctuary. It also helps the good in life materialize. Thoughts become things. So the more you focus on positive dreams, the more beautiful your life’s illusion will be. Row row row your boat….life is but a dream……
10 Tuesday Dec 2013
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I have a lot of artwork stored in my computer. I’ve listed some pieces, only to take them down later due to lack of interest. But what I have found is that I can continue to work with a piece at a later date to create something entirely new and fresh that DOES get a lot of attention! This is a very new process for me. In the past, when I was done, I was done. I never went back to an old piece to rework it. I think that the digital age has really helped me over this hump. Out with the old and in with the new!
09 Monday Dec 2013
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Sometimes the best advice comes from words written many years ago….
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata”
