Is the self Quarantine getting you down?
Afraid of the Pandemic of Coronavirus-19?
Cant get out and about?
Starting to get Cabin Fever?
Don’t freak out!
Stay Calm, Make Art and Shop Online!
Keeping myself in my studio with all my art supplies around, how else can I take the whole pandemic. Making art will certainly occupy my time and while busy with creating, it gets my mind off the politics and the hype.
So, I am suggesting to all that we should travel to our studios or a place that makes you happy. Calm yourself down by taking that computer, phone or small device and place your energy into viewing art! Visit a virtual Museum, or engage with other artists online.
Shop till you drop with me!
If you have the desire to shop, consider to look at my site. I am planning on slashing prices to make you not act like Edvard Munch. I have much more jewelry than online. Just comment and ask if you like a certain style or wrist size…I am painting and making mosaics galore. In fact I am playing with eggshell mosaics. They are 4×6 size and framed.
I have done a sunflower, check it out on my webpage shop page. https://purplecranedesigns.com/shop
Please make comments and drop a note to me….
Thanks Cindy
What is a Cindy Sale or Sindy Cale?
I was fascinated the other day, while reading a book, that two young characters were having fun talking to each other using spoonerisms. This is when you take two words in a sentence and switch the first letters to make a nonsensical word. Mostly for fun or frustration to the listener. Examples are Bunny Rabbit equals “Runny Babbit” or “Biss the kride” for kiss the bride.
So to have fun as I love to do, I am having a “Sindy Cale” on my website!
WOW how creative is that!
Spoonerism day is July 22 but why wait so let’s “Spoon On” with a Sindy Cale in the middle of February!
The intention of this sale is to introduce my work to the world wide web! During the last year 2019, I diligently worked on my website in order to offer my work to more people and to share my love of art.
Oil Paintings
OP63 Winter Sunrise
I produce studio work along with Plein Air originals painted outside onsite to capture the essence of the time. Paintings can be purchased with or without frames. When I do frame them, they are with a basic black metal or black wooden frame. You can specify if you want to take a discount of $20 without frame.
JEWLERY
BPW49 Blue Peyote Weave Bracelet
I hand stitch each piece of jewelry using high quality glass beads. Jewelry sales come with free shipping within the US.
Yes that’s all 50 states! Including Alaska and Hawaii!
Mosaics
Octopus Mosaic
All mosaics are ready to hang. I have some mosaics with hand built frame. I form my mosaics from stained glass or fused glass formed in my kiln where each design display’s the title and signature are on the back.
So click on the link my shop and browse through my inventory. If you browse in my Gallery and would like to purchase one of those, do let me know through comments. Purchases in My Shop can be made by credit cards or payment through Paypal.
All comments are welcome on items.
Enjoy Cindy
Plein Air painting in Homer
Procrastination and How to Get Back Into Creating
Procrastination is a feeling of not getting to what you want to do. According to the oxford dictionary its
“The action of delaying or postponing something”
Why would we want to delay something that we love to do? What is causing this feeling of a need to postpone? As artists we live and breath art, don’t we?
I have a studio filled with tables of projects in different stages of progress. Some say it’s a wealth of clutter, others say it’s a sign of an artistic mind. So which is it? Of course I am going to believe that my mind is artistic vs. clutter. Right?
So what’s with this procrastination and not finishing up a project?
Alan Lightman writes in his book “In Praise of Wasting Time” he describes the benefits of giving oneself unscheduled time to simply think, play, or let ideas incubate.
Ah…. Incubation! I like that! My studio is filled with incubating ideas!
Am I wasting time, postponing a project for another day? I think not. There are days, when I have spent time cleaning up, or moving things in the studio and pick up a half done project, not knowing what to do with it. The time from when I first worked on it till now, is not wasted, cause I now know that some day an idea will hit me.
I love it when an idea comes. Bam and off I go. That’s incubating an idea! Who cares that it took 1-3 years for that idea to hit you. It did and that’s what counts.
The strike of the Muse
I think that when we procrastinate in our studio, we do not fear the act of peril, it’s that we are waiting for the muse to strike us! Artists all have a muse, he or she has ideas and throws it at us and we are to catch it or not.
Read “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert to find more creativity beyond fear.
We all can attest that when we find an idea, we are creating like a Tasmanian devil working till it is completed. I hope you have had this experience once or twice. I have!
When we don’t catch the idea from our muse, than another person somewhere in this world will catch it. Have no fear; the muse will keep tossing ideas to us. Maybe it’s the puttering in the studio procrastinating in which to catch it?
Other artists tell me that we just need to ‘show up,’ and not worry about the muse. Go into your studio or where you feel creative and be content.
So when the sinking feeling of procrastination is upon you, embrace it. You just need to think or relax and let your muse toss you an idea.
Go To Your Studio and Make Art!
An Artist Day-Studio Dog and Zen inspiration
An Artist Day
As an artist I get to spend my day with a dog buddy, “H.B.”. He is hilarious and he makes me laugh, without fail, every morning.
We go through our morning routine, my shower, belly rub, getting dressed, belly rub, make the bed, belly rub you get the drift. At the end of the last belly rub, I whisper to him that if I don’t stop, we wont start our day together! He groans while I stand up and begin the day.
Once in the kitchen, I start the coffee, mix his yummy meal with rice, veggie’s and some sort of protein on top of his kibble. He is the first dog that I have had that doesn’t go for it right off from the start. Oh well, I know he will get to it sometime during the day. It’s always a clean bowl when his next meal comes around.
After our breakfast and reading the local paper, we then go for our walk. Good weather days, a beach walk; weather not so good, a trip around the yard or neighborhood.
Dog is my copilot
HB is always my copilot when we drive around our little hamlet by the sea, Homer, Alaska. I still consider this place paradise on earth. The view everywhere in town reminds me of why I live here. Having a dog by my side confirms that I have found my peace.

Familiarity is supposed to breed contempt, as they say. Homer and Alaska still moves me and I think it always will. I will never be complacent about it. I learn new things each day.
Once all errands or tasks are completed, I get to come home and enjoy my new studio and decide what to work on today. What has enticed me, while driving around or walking on the beach? What project is stimulating me to complete it today?
Inspiration and Zen of Creativity
These and others thoughts ponder my brain. I am relaxed and content in my studio. Sometimes if nothing grabs me, I clean or pick up stuff till inspiration hits.
Boy when it hits, time will stand still till I get hungry or thirsty to remind me that I am human. This stopping of time is what some artist states as the ‘Zen of creativity’. To me it is the ultimate feeling of surrendering within my surroundings.
This is why I love being an artist. We all need to find a place where we can encourage the zen in our lives.
What isYour Zen?