BOOKS & JOURNALS
Feed Your Creative Journey!
Joy's Garden Trio
It all began on a whim! I applied for a residency in France ~ and when I got the packet from Musee de La Grande Vigne, the first thing I had to do was have someone translate the instructions! My whim became a dream-come-true that transformed my art, my artistic practice, and my life.
5 STARS for creativSOUP Books
Feed Your creativ HEART
Breadcrumbs from my real-life footsteps of my creative journey
See my paintings, sketches, photos, dreams, wishes, poetry, and create your own journey!
When I landed in France, I felt as though I'd awakened in a dream! I'd always know myself as a landscape painter ~ yet the landscape in this new place was somehow different. Symbols in my dreams came to life in my paintings. More questions than answers, each painting opened me to new possibilities for an artistry I'd hoped would someday be me!
Embrace the Mountain BOOK 1
In the book, you'll find the story of how I transformed my palette. And you'll find juxtaposed my dreams, photos, sketches, paintings, and breadcrumbs for you to follow along on your own creative journey. Along with the Companion Journal and adult coloring book, I've designed to help guide you in expanding your own creativJOURNEY.
Companion creativSOUP Journal
As you read my story, you'll need a place to jot down all those inspirations! So I've designed the Companion Journal with paintings from the book and plenty of journal space to help ground your own dreams!
CreativSOUP Coloring Book
CreativSOUP Coloring Book contains illustrations created from my France landscapes ~ the kind of artist's illustrations that will make you think like an artist, seeing the abstract shapes ~ not just coloring in the lines! And there are also creativSOUP recipes you can try out for yourself.
Find all three on Amazon.
BOOK 2
Goddess Stepping Out
Do you know a timid goddess???
Help her step into her OWN!!! From my personal journals, you'll hear the timid poet and see the paintings that made her so. Find it on Amazon. Goddess Stepping Out.
BOOK 3
Mystery of Two Sisters
Mom speaks to me!
Pauline passed away 35 years ago, and still I receive her messages! You are probably receiving messages from loved ones who have passed. Perhaps you don't recognize them!
See inside my creative process, my private journals, and discover my secret ways of hearing Mom's inspirations. Find this story in The Mystery of Two Sisters.
BOOK 4
High on a Hill with a Cloud and a Prayer
As Dad passed, he sent me a message at the crossing
I visited Dad on his deathbed, painting two portraits of him as he prepared to go. In the days that followed, he met me as I painted plein air ~ as he was crossing into heaven. See the painting and read this inspiring message he sent, and more in High on a Hill with a Cloud and a Prayer.

