Your Art Inspired by Blueberry Muffin

Enjoy the art inspired by Helen's painting, Blueberry Muffin

(The Inspiration Image is at the bottom of this post.)

Lynn Hanousek: Chocolate Bar

Acrylic on canvas board, 4x6

FB: Lynn Hanousek Designs 

What do chocolate bars have to do with blueberry muffins? Not much except both need to be unwrapped to be eaten and both are yummy.

Sara Harley: Blueberry Love

photograph

saraharley.ca

I'm not a fan of muffins, but I do love blueberries and eat them almost every day. This simple photograph tries to convey my love in a playful story, although I usually like to use a spoon!

 

Deidre Townsend: Blueberry Ball

Yarn Crochet

I needed practice crocheting and Helen’s Blueberry Muffin reminded me I had this great blue yarn just itching to be turned into a blueberry. 

Inspiration Image:  Blueberry Muffin by Helen Eaton

Mmmmmmmm.....
It's hard to believe, but I never tasted a blueberry until I was an adult with kids of my own.  No need to feel bad for me; I make up for it now by making sure to load my muffins so full of them that it's just a gooey, yummy mess.

Your Art Inspired by Support System

Enjoy the art inspired by Sara's photograph, Support System.

(The Inspiration Image is at the bottom of this post.)

Julie Brandt: Aspen Grove

Oil on Canvas

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JujuBeePaints

This corner of my aspen painting reminds me of how aspen stands are really all connected underground.  Aspens are the largest living group of connected self-reliant plants on Earth.

We need our supportive structures in this weird and strange time we are living in, and these aspens symbolize that for me.

Deidre Townsend: One Tiny Daisy

Oil on Canvas

Rabbits invading our neighborhood have prevented me from having lots of colorful daisies.  I planted various colors but so far have only had one white daisy make it long enough for me to enjoy.  It still made me happy to see, just like daisies are created to do.  Daisies are a happy flower.  Rabbits think so!

Jeanne King: Self-Reliance

Photograph

We planted every tree in our yard and gave them all of the support we could so that each got all the attention it needed to flourish. 
The first year our pine trees produced pine cones, I gathered a few of them and tossed them into a flower pot on my potting bench. 
One day, I noticed a tiny sprout growing in the flower pot! We left it alone; it didn’t need our support! Over the next few months, it grew into a strong seedling, hearty enough to be planted in the yard and now growing into a mighty pine!

Darlene Awalt: Connection

Instagram: @darlenesphotoart

Photograph

Land, sea, and sky are my connections to home. They keep me grounded.

 

Helen Eaton: Turtles on a Log

Website: wordweaverart.com

Oil on Canvas, 9"x 12"

Nothing to see here… can barely even see the lake… just a bunch of twigs and branches and logs. Unless... Unless you look more closely! You never realize how many turtles live in a pond until the sun shines brightly on a chilly day. They crawl on logs to bask in the light and soak up the warmth.

Sara's image showed a tangle of maple branches against the cold sky with one thing that didn't quite belong.  My response was to paint twigs, branches, and logs on the cool lake with some things at the center that don't... well, actually do... belong.

Nelvia McGrath: The Void

Instagram: @nelviamcgrath

Journal page 6”x6”, composed using handprinted paper/fingerprint

When I saw Sara’s photo, I felt winter’s cold isolation, not a support system.  Since I had been thinking of Robyn McClendon’s January journaling prompt, "What does void mean to you," it made me think of a void.   A pessimist thinks a void is empty, cold, colorless, lonely and devoid of life.   I choose the optimistic approach of seeing a void as a calm, peaceful, blank canvas waiting hopefully for someone to put their fingerprint on it to bring it to life.   The mix of primary colors flits across this void waiting to combine and explode into more colors and shapes.  This new year’s beginning represents opportunity to begin anew and create and shape something hopeful for 2021.  

Inspiration Image:  Support System by Sara Harley

This lonely pine cone has been caught in maple branches for months, and I see it on my daily walks. I started thinking about how we all need our own support systems...someone to catch us when we fall... especially in these difficult times.

2020 Project Complete

 Dear Friends,

12 months
15 participants
48 inspiration images
134 works of art created
 

Our magazine is complete!

Here’s the link that will take you to it.

https://www.blurb.com/b/10524970-inspiration-collaboration-2020

 
Enjoy the preview or make a purchase.This was not a money-making venture.  There is a 0% mark-up on the cost of the magazine.
 
This project has been a pleasure of 2020.
Now… it’s 2021!
Are you ready to create once again?
Most parts of Inspiration Collaboration will stay exactly the same. 
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January Inspiration - 2021

Hello Art Friends and Hello 2021!  We are glad you are here!

Are you ready to create new art with us?  Are you waiting for inspiration to begin? Maybe we can help. This month we've chosen two inspiration images that we hope will set your creative mind in motion. Take time to look at the images and read the thought behind each one.  Then it's YOUR turn. Oil painting, paper collage, photography, sculpture, floral arrangement, jewelry making, wood burning, quilting, yarn work, watercolor... The possibilities are in your hands.

We look forward to seeing what YOU create this month.  Join us by sharing your artwork! 

January Inspiration 1: Support System by Sara Harley

This lonely pine cone has been caught in maple branches for months, and I see it on my daily walks. I started thinking about how we all need our own support systems...someone to catch us when we fall... especially in these difficult times.

January Inspiration 2:Blueberry Muffin by Helen Eaton

Mmmmmmmm.....
It's hard to believe, but I never tasted a blueberry until I was an adult with kids of my own.  No need to feel bad for me; I make up for it now by making sure to load my muffins so full of them that it's just a gooey, yummy mess.