I haven't blogged in over a year. I have lost at least half of the past year to health issues, the latest of which was a broken forearm on July 29 in a freak accident ... in my house, of all places. In the absence of awareness I tripped, fell forward, and fractured the ulna and radial bones of the left forearm immediately above my wrist. I'm the sort of person who goes full steam ahead in several directions at once. For the past eight years, I have been managing three small businesses. I lost my focus for an instant.  I am now [...]

Sometimes social media bogs us down. Let's face it, meeting up with friends on social media is fun until it becomes addictive. Posts and comments can become limitless from people near and far. Recently, I realized that I was spending way too much time on social media [...]

The title seems appropriate although not a literal description of this watercolor painting. Years ago I met a gifted East Texas artist in an online forum, and we became friends eventually meeting in person. Mollie Jones happened to have the same name as my aunt Mollie Jones, and even the spelling of Mollie was the same. I have enjoyed many visits with Mollie over [...]

“Have you ever felt like you were a little bit different? Like you had something unique to offer the world if you could just get people to see it? Then you know exactly how it felt to be me.” – Flint Lockwood, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs [...]

Sunflower. Oil on canvas. © Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2010 ...   If you want to be an artist, you might not have familial support as a young person striking out on your own. Parents tend to want their child to select a career or profession known to provide good financial support. An art career can be the opposite. If you truly want to be an artist and have the stamina and perseverance to stay with it, learn how to manage a small business. The pursuit of making and selling art is a small business in and of itself.  Plan your time for creating. Plan [...]

Like a single sunbeam on a warm summer day, there is an exuberance and brilliance in a sunflower. Unknown [...]

After some false starts, I have struggled over what to do with this blog space. Do I blog? Do I not blog? The format for setting up the blog is much different than the blog I wrote for several years at TXsauce Art Life. Two things differ: (1) At blogspot.com, all I had to do was select a blog template and ... [...]