Geri deGruy's blog of art, musings, and inspiration

It is exciting!

Even in a crazy world (and we sure seem to be living in one!) there is art everywhere, in all sorts of forms! Many people are creating beautiful things all over the world. 

-Like my friend Ginger Whellock, a marvelous painter. Here is a woman who has honed her skills, put in her 10,000 hours plus. She paints inside, she paints outside, she paints in every place she travels. Her beautiful oil scenes and landscapes stand out among the many landscape paintings around and about. Her paintings are skillful. They have heart. You love the land or the scene she paints, just looking at it. What a gift! Here are just 3 of her most recent paintings.  I love them! She has an art open-house in October which is a delightful event. Check it out and come if you can. 

-Like Chester Smith who signed on to be the Audubon warden on a small island off of the Texas coast at age 65 until he was 90. His mission was to restore the population of the endangered brown pelican. In the time he served as warden and nurturer of this island, the pelican population went from 10 pairs of birds to 2029 nesting pairs! He died shortly after this 2011 bird count. His request was to be buried in his Audubon coveralls. (Audubon magazine, Sept/Oct, 2011)

Some may say this isn't art, isn't creation, but I beg to differ. He and his team "tirelessly nurtured a sanctuary that supports beautiful life." They designed an artwork out of this island where life now flourishes. They created possibilities. They painted an entirely new palette.

(picture from Audubon magazine)

-Like my dear friend Belinda who is both artist and art teacher. Her career has been spent healing peoples' hearts. She is a skilled psychotherapist, unbelievably intelligent, insightful, tender.

Not all psychotherapists are artists. Not at all.

Belinda is. Even her silence has shape. She is able, with gentle skill, to see, deeply understand and help people recreate their broken lives. She teaches them the skills to fashion unique artworks from even the worst situations. Her work isn't posted on the internet or in galleries, but all over the community. 

...Art shows up in many places, in many forms. I'm thankful the world is full of artists and artistry!