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This is a painting that I started a long time ago. I was not sure how to finish it so it just sat there. I think I am done with it now. I added some golds to the sky and water and finished up with my collage leaves. The land was done before. I used paint that I had painted on parchment paper and then pealed off to use after it had dried. It was fun putting the many colors together to form rocks, dirt, and tree stump.

Art has always been a part of my life, and during the past five years, it has become an even more important part. If I do not find time everyday to do something with this work, I feel out of sorts, unable to focus. While I have a very busy home life with three young children who have special needs and who take all I can give them and then more, I feel compelled to take at least a small part of each day to replenish my soul with my art. To be able to take on the daily challenges we regularly face, I need to have these moments with my work where I lose all sense of time and place and pour myself into my art. These moments are like a soothing tonic that rejuvenates my senses. I take this tonic whenever and wherever I can get it. I steal time...