We Are Off and Running!

 A few of my art girlfriends...

actually 21 of us...

unofficially kicked off our first ever Artist Trading Card

summer art project today.

We will each design 20 cards

 this summer and fall

and get back together February 1, 2014 and trade

them with each other.

Knowing this group...I am certain that

ice cream cones,

wine, good eats, and lots of laughs will be involved...

almost every step of the way.

My mandala shown here

is entitled "Circle of Friends"...and was made

quite some time ago...

way before this project was even

in the wind.

I thought it a perfect complement

to the spirit, 

enthusiasm, and positive wide-eyed anticipation

 that bound

our little group together today.

I am delighted and tickled pink that my artistic Muse

has found

so many kindred spirits with which to artfully play...

a "Circle of Friends"...indeed!

"A desire to share creative expression with others

and to find

peace, joy, and perspective

in mining the depths of my internal world …

makes me an artist."

~D.A. Hickman