A New Beginning!

I’m back. I know it’s been a very long time and I’m sorry for those of you that were following me. My life got pretty messy for a while and it still is a bit but I’m in a much better place. I deleted many of my previous posts that shared my personal journey before I stopped blogging. I debated on what I should share, if anything but decided I can’t just pick up where I left off and not fill in a few gaps. Life happens… My life is quite different now. It’s evolving, changing, improving.

 July 15, 2011, my 40^th birthday…I pictured things way different than how they turned out. That ended up being the day I asked for a divorce. I knew I wanted it, from the tips of my toes straight through my heart. I knew. It was long overdue but sometimes you hope, and you plead, and you try again and again until one day you realize that you are the key. You need to make the change, decide what is right for you. I decided I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life like I spent the last 20 years.

Things got tough, hurtful, scary. I had to set aside my business, my art, and find a full time job. My daughters and I both suffered for that. For 15 months, I was not there enough. I tried. I cried. I took as much time off as I could to take small trips with them, even just day trippin’ and yes, we had some great times but I was missing them and my true passion for art and design grew. I ached to return to it.

This past January, I took a giant leap of faith. I quit my job. I decided to give myself this year to make my dream a reality. I am in the process of transitioning my sole proprietorship to an LLC. I am expanding my services beyond painting to include many ways to make a house a HOME, to make it unique and beautiful and everything you want it to be.  I am bound and determined to make this all work. And for those of you that really know me, you know I’m one determined woman.

Yes, I’m still scared some days and I worry about more things than I should on most. But I’m a survivor. Beyond my divorce, I’ve taken some pretty hard emotional hits in the last 2 years. Maybe I’ll share sometime…

For now, thanks for listening. It’s good to be back! ♥ 

I’ll leave off tonight with a recent drawing of an exceptional horse named Bravo

Custom Pencil Portraits

Portraits are now available through Etsy.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/RenaissanceHome

Of course you may order them directly to me.  Just send a personal check or money order to me (PO Box 7114, Surprise, AZ 85374) and e-mail a good high resolution picture.

Prices here are for head shots only.

A 9″ x 12″ with one subject is $125, $25 each additional subject,

8″x 10″ with one subject is $100, $25 each additional subject,

5″ x 7″ with one subject is $65

Includes shipping!

Ordering through Etsy allows you to use paypal if that is preferred.

The portraits are drawn on acid-free Bristol Vellum paper and sealed with a fixative. I will begin the drawing after receiving your payment. I will e-mail you a copy to make sure you are satisfied before shipping. Allow 3-4 weeks to finish portrait and ship.

If you have any questions just drop me an e-mail or give me a call.~ Click Contact link on the right.

Pencil Portraits of your loved ones…

 

What have I been up to?

 

I’ve decided to try my hand at portraits – with pencil, that is. Eventually I’ll work myself up to painting portraits but for now I’ll stick to pencil. Hopefully, by the end of the week I will have my own little store on Etsy to offer them to the public. If anyone is interested, just convo me.

 

My daughter, Cheyenne

     

My daughter, Laresa