I loved hanging out at Deschutes Brewery Public House this past First Friday in downtown Bend. It was so great to see so many friends and supporters that stopped by my booth. I'm showing a few new pieces at the pub for the month of October as their artist this month. It's the preview leading up to the launch/reveal of my artwork on October 16th for this year's Jubelale Beer Label.

Adorable happy customer with one of my NEW LOVE Wins Tote bags!

It was such an honor to create a piece of artwork for the permanent gallery collection at Deschutes Brewery. It was also really neat because it's the 30th anniversary of Jubelale this year and I'm the first artist that has been asked to create more than one piece of artwork for the label - Hooray! I actually painted 4 different snowflake paintings from the same series for the commission this year!

I brought a batch of my new original art tote bags to the show - they're perfect holiday gifts!

If you're in town, stop by the downtown pub house next Monday (October 16th) I'll be there signing posters and we'll have a free tasting of this year's beer!

These hearts are from my LOVE Wins Series. As many of you know, I find a lot of inspiration in the teachings and writings of Brene Brown. It was a rough couple of weeks with the election and a rude woman who came to my last art show and made a game of insulting my work, my titles, and encouraged her young daughter to do the same. It was so sad to watch and my heart broke for her as I wondered who had done so much damage to her to make her so broken as a human being.

I've taken comfort more than ever lately in Brene's words and hope they help you too.

“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

This little green heart is the last one left in my shop. You can find it for sale here.

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