06 Tuesday Apr 2021
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#childhoodmemories, childhood, Children, Colorful Art, Dad, Father, kids, life, life lessons, mom, mother, parent, Parenting, quote, quotes, rainbow colors, sharon cummings art, sun symbol, teach, teacher, teaching, words of wisdom
They are watching us. Whether it’s your child or someone else’s they see what the adults do around them. We spend way too much time staring at glowing screens. It’s time to get outside with nature and enjoy life so that they learn to do the same.
15 Saturday Aug 2020
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baby shower gift, happy mother's day, mom, mommies, mommy, moms, mother, mother's day, mother's love, motherhood, mothering, mothers, raising children, sharon cummings
In celebration of all of the Moms out there doing their best and working hard to create decent little human beings. 🙂
10 Sunday May 2020
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Children, empty nest, empty nester, happy mother's day, kids, love, mom, mommies, moms, mother, mother's love, mothering, mothers
“Wandering Heart”
New Art – Mixed Media Typography
A Mother’s Love
Sharon Cummings
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This has never been more true than it is for me now. As my daughter explores the world on her own, living away from the nest, I find my heart lurking in the shadows. It is amazing how much more a text means! Or when she “stops by”. 🙂 Here’s to all of the moms whose babies have spread their wings!
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04 Monday May 2020
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babies, baby, baby shower gift, Children, custom baby art, Family, footprints, keepsake, kids, love, mom, mother, mothers, new parents, nursery art
I’ve always loved baby feet and now I’ve combined my color fusion heart with adorable infant footprints. So cute! And this piece can be fully customized just for you and your little bundle of joy. I can add name, birthday, size/weight, etc. You can send me a jpg file of your own baby’s feet and I will create a one of a kind keepsake just for you. Perfect for all parents, moms and dads. Great gift idea for the mom to be too! A unique baby shower gift. Also would make a beautiful memorial for those that have lost. Please contact me for more information.
13 Tuesday Jan 2015
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Children, empty nest, empty nester, happy mother's day, kids, love, mom, mommies, moms, mother, mother's love, mothering, mothers
“Wandering Heart”
New Art – Mixed Media Typography
A Mother’s Love
Sharon Cummings
2015
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This has never been more true than it is for me now. As my daughter explores the world on her own, living away from the nest, I find my heart lurking in the shadows. It is amazing how much more a text means! Or when she “stops by”. 🙂 Here’s to all of the moms whose babies have spread their wings!
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27 Saturday Sep 2014
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“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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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!
05 Tuesday Aug 2014
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New Art Work.
“Incurable Romantic”
By Sharon Cummings.
Acrylic on Yupo.
2014
(original for sale by request.)
11 Sunday May 2014
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happy mother's day, healing the inner child, holiday, inner child, losing a child, losing your mother, may 11, mom, mommies, mommy, moms, mother, mother's day, mothers, politically correct
Althea and Mommy Circa 1999.
No Mom? No kids? No worries….
In this day of politically correct language, it is hard not to offend someone at any given holiday. Mother’s day is no exception. If you say “Happy Mother’s Day” to someone who has lost their Mom or child, they may be hurt. If you say it to someone who has no children and never wanted them, they might be indignant. If you say it to someone too young, too old, too whatever, there is a risk.
Due to the complexity and differences of a mother’s social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is difficult to designate a globally acceptable definition for the term. So I am saying “Happy Mother’s Day” to ALL women regardless of your biological Mother status. Why? Because we women are all “Mothers”….each and every one of us. Whether you nurture yourself, a partner, care for an animal or just support a friend, in my heart I see you as a beautiful “Mother”.
My biological Mother is still living but absent from my life. But that does not mean that I cannot celebrate this day fully with my own child. In my life, I am my own example of what being a good Mom is…I am always grateful to have broken the chain of abuse that has riddled my family. Being a Mother has both humbled and elated me. I am more patient, compassionate and loving for having had a daughter. To me being a Mom = Better Person.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you MOMS out there!!
29 Tuesday Apr 2014
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Are you trying to hold on to your youth? Your children? A dysfunctional family? A job that isn’t right for you? A marriage that doesn’t work? That D you got in trigonometry in high school?
So many of us cling tightly to what is familiar or comfortable. Others bind themselves to the past and allow it to punish them for their entire lives. Change is scary. Some just cannot picture a life different than the one they currently have. I have learned that the harder you grasp something, the more it hurts when it slips away from you. The secret to life is “letting go”. Also known as acceptance. This has nothing to do with giving up and everything to do with knowing when it is time to move on.
I had a few years of uncertainty and fear as I moved into middle age. I was panicked at the thought of my little girl out in the big mean World all by herself. My marriage had a major hiccup one Summer and I was not sure we would make it. I noticed that I was starting to lose the interest of men when I walked into a room. My body and face were aging and I did not know how to handle it. I was also very confused about what I wanted to do with my business. I considered shutting it down and taking a different path by getting back into Holistic Medicine. I call those years “the worry years”.
Slowly I started to realize that I could not hold onto all of those things that I wanted to remain the same. More importantly, I did not want to. I discovered it was safe to let go and just celebrate where I was headed. I was not only physically different, I was also mentally and emotionally transformed. At 45 I am now excited to watch my daughter leave for college and blossom into her own life. I will not be keeping her bedroom as a shrine where I can focus on the past. Instead it will be converted into a sanctuary for yoga and thinking. She will be welcome to visit anytime, but I will use that space for mediation. I have learned to work “with” my partner instead of “against” him as we weather life’s bumps. I am less selfish. I have also decided that I will not be artificially preserving my youthful face. It’s gone and no amount of face lifting, injecting or sand blasting is going to bring it back. It’s o.k. to have wrinkles and fine lines. In fact, if you allow yourself to let go of what society dictates is beautiful, you can actually admire them for what they really are: signs of a life that has endured numerous storms and celebrated many triumphs.
As for my career that is still being pondered. I have a few new ideas about what direction I would like to move in. But whatever I decide, the process leading up to it will not be fraught with anxiety. No, these are truly “the wonder years” for me. The dictionary tells us that “wonder” means: a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable. And that is exactly where I am. Bring it on life!
