"Lines of Life"

My 18 year old daughter Mikaelah, just finished this amazing graphite rendering of an old gypsy woman....can you believe it!!?? It is such photographic quality of realism, it almost takes your breath away! I'm so proud of her and her accomplishments, as she's only been drawing and painting the past 3 yrs. What an inspiration!! If you're interested, we will be offering prints of this piece in our etsy shop.

OWOH Winners!!

How exciting it is to finally announce the winners of our One World One Heart giveaway! It has been an amazing and wonderful journey visiting so many beautiful blogs around the world and to meet so many artists who are following their hearts!!

Congratulations to our three winners!!

Robin at http://aroundtheisland.blogspot.com/ wins the print, "Eternal Spring."

Louise at http://raggedystitcher.blogspot.com/ wins the print, "Version Mary.

Joy from http://joytotheblog.blogspot.com/ wins the dream-catcher earrings.

Again, Congratulations to all!!

OWOH Giveaway!

Blessings of LoVe and inspiration, with welcome to the One World One Heart gathering of bloggers and art lovers, created by lovely Lisa Swifka of A Whimsical Bohemian! Join the magic carpet ride that will take us all on an amazing journey into blogland, to visit many enchanted sites, and possibly win some prizes!!

We at Rusted Wings will be offering 3 prizes...created by myself and 2 of my lovely-artsy daughters!!! These prizes are open to all, but make sure you leave contact information, with your comment at the end of this post!! This event runs until Feb. 15th at which time we will announce the winners. Also, check out our etsy for more offerings!! We look forward to visiting each of you as well, and wish you much joy on this journey...

THE PRIZES~

1st prize: A print by me, Abigail Folk, of the painting 'Eternal Spring".

2nd prize: Print by Zionah of "Version Mary"

3rd prize: last but not least, Dream Catcher Earrings made by Miriam of wrapped leather, waxed linen with turquoise & red glass beads, red strung guinea feathers and strung rooster feathers.

Sketch 1

I am a week late with the first lesson in the "Drawing & Painting Portraits" online class with Misty Mawn, that my sweet daughter Shariyah gifted me with. This being, because Shariyah and her new husband Cameron spent a few days with us before returning to New Zealand, their home. Then daughter Miriam (21st birthday today!) and boyfriend & musical partner Micheal, moved back into the household for the Winter, while working on new music and getting inspired with our beautiful land in NW Montana. So the house has been buzzing with energy, friends, parties and lots of LoVe!!

This first drawing was a great graphite meditation in the early hours of the morning, and I'm looking forward to catching up in the next few days. I need to begin a new habit of drawing daily....

Winter Solstice art

My 'budding artist' daughter Zionah, who has only been drawing a couple months now, a few weeks ago sketched her 'version Mary', then wanted to try to transfer it to canvas. This is her first painting, and I think it is incredible!! She has it displayed in a nearby art show, but it can also be found in my etsy shop!
For the Winter Solstice art walk this last week I finished this Snowflake Angel to go alongside the Eternal Spring piece, and you can find both in my etsy shop.

Eternal Spring

It snowed most of the day today, and it looks like it's going to stick this time....we've got around 3 inches on the ground now. I haven't been looking forward to this day, as up here in the North country of Montana, we won't see the ground again until around April or May. I feel like the Winter season of my life has been for many, many years now...maybe this is why it's so hard to face the external reality at the same time. But the beauty to behold is beyond words....like that which awaits the faithful, who endure to the end and know that the Eternal Spring will be worth it all. I guess it is a perfect time to finish this painting today.

a budding new artist

Each one of my 6 daughters is artistic in their own way...some with fashion & body-work, some do amazing paintings and drawings (http://shariyahgarner.blogspot.com/) and (http://chrondrawn.blogspot.com/), one an esthetician and make-up artist, one a musician & singer in a band (http://www.myspace.com/humanlab).

A week ago, my massage therapist daughter and singer with her sister Miriam (http://www.myspace.com/thedaughtersofthemosthigh), Zionah, said she wanted to start sketching. I gave her a drawing book, and everyday since she has been doing one or two sketches, and this one she just finished, to her and my amazement...as she's hardly ever drawn much at all before. Now she is consumed with it, eagerly waiting to see what comes forth next, feeling a new flow of artistic, creative energy! And this is just the beginning.....