Life is better with friends 👭 👭 . . . . . . . #yvrart #emergingartist #happyartist #intuitiveartist #studiotime #paintingtoday #yegartist #canadianartist #friends #artinprogress #contmeporaryart #allthefeels #givesomeoneahug #friendswhosingtogetheratfolkfest #folkfest #yegfolkies #kunst #artonig #artistmom #womanartist #colorful #colorcolorlovers
Painting makes motion out of all my emotional ❤️ . . . . . . . . . . . #unfinishedbusiness #wip #acrylicart #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart #canadianartist #emergingartist #newwork #kunst #arte #thoughtoftheday #yegartist #studiotime #wetpaint #colortheory #artstudent #yvrartist #artistmom #maturestudent #colourcolourlovers #paintallthetime #creativeheart #mybeautifulmess #exploreart #galacticart #abstractart #dreamyart #flamingabstracts #carveouttimeforart #nofilter
Sometimes story can be sculptural. This little book project is complete but believe you me, there is more where that came from! This piece will be on display at ECUAD for the duration of the Vancouver Art Book Fair Oct 18-21. . . . . . . . . #artandstory #artshow #artistbook #yvrartist #studentoflife #artondisplay #picoftheday #contemporaryart #mixedmediaart #mixedmediaartist #canadiancontemporaryart #canadianartist #artistmom #onbeingawife #mystory #artandvoice #visualart #thoseshadows #arteveryday #kunst #artstory #herstory #herstorytelling #foundtext #collage #collageart
Piecing together pages for an artist book. Rejecting beliefs: that an amazing piece work can’t possibly come from this mess of scrap paper on my kitchen table, that something pure and profound and rich can’t come from this heavy heart. That story is not something that is outside of myself, waiting to be born, loved and held in the heart of a stranger. That some of the best pieces of art didn’t come out of a time like this, sitting in my kitchen on a rainy day, scribbling and sewing and chatting with my mama on the phone. . . . . . . . . #artistbook #wip #picoftheday #workofheart #canadianartist #artilove #artandheart #allthefeels #instafeels #myartjourney #artfortoday #paperart #blackandwhite #design #artanddesign #bookmaking #vancouverartist #womanartist #artistmom #artinoctober #artincanada #yegartist
It’s been a week where Truth came and knocked me on the head, so hard, I fell, and disoriented, I cried tears from springs so deep inside I didn’t even know they existed (and that is really saying something, for someone so familiar with her inner tear-spring system). Truth clobbered me, and I looked at myself in the mirror. “Who are you? I asked, with bleary, puffy eyes. “Who have you become?” I asked myself. And the woman who looked back at me stared blankly. She didn’t know the answer either. So I sat my broken self down by the River, where springs are always fresh, where broken hearts from every walk of life know to gather. And gather I did. Truth hurt me, and Love came in and healed me, healed me good and deep. This was just another week in the life of this lady. I looked in the mirror today, my eyes no longer puffy. A smile sprang easily to my face. Who am I? I am a seeker of truth, even when it hurts. I am in need of love. I am a child of God. I am a work in progress. I am a mama and a wife and a friend and I am a student of life. I walk in this truth, I walk with my arms open and my roots deep in the spring of truth that never runs dry. That is all. #myweek #lessons #truthseeker #canadianartist #heartfelt #allthefeels #contemporaryintuitiveartist #artistmom #mycreativejourney #canadianartist #yvrartist #yegartist #acrylicartist #christianwalk #worshipeveryday #faithled #myheart #thoughtoftheday #mylife #thisismystory #artandstory
These new pieces have a journey vibe to them, although I’ve called them The Waiting Place. I am always trying to figure out if I am journeying or standing still. In hard times, I feel stuck. I feel as if I am not going anywhere, much less out of the labyrinth of adult world issues that could be tackled, if I could just get going....that’s how it feels. Yesterday and the day before have been reminders that even when I think I am going nowhere, I still have power. Power to provoke, to communicate on so many levels, power to receive, to let love in. And sometimes when I am going nowhere, I see someone heading straight toward me. This is the year of 10s. 10 years a nurse. 10 years a children’s home director. And as of yesterday, 10 years a wife. And this week, all of these realms have taxed and exhausted me. They have all confused me. They have all hurt me. But you know what? In this Waiting Place, a quiet, beautiful, unreal peace has found me in the time of my deepest need. At work, through the mouth of an observer; a Grandma. Pure love just rambling out of her mouth and straight into my heart. With the children’s home, the courage of friends close and new to step in and speak for or contribute towards this cause that they have never visited themselves, giving to help build a roof over girls they have never met. And in my own relationship, where bombs have fallen and old scars around my heart have ripped open, in a bed where two tired souls fell asleep and faced our own two disturbing dreams, there was a quiet awakening, a promise renewed after a decade of life lived together. Before I could say a word, I woke up from a nightmare with hands on my head and prayers being whispered over me. I feel weak, but I know where the strength lies. On days like this when I have absolutely nothing, where I’ve been walking up hill both ways and I have not another single step left, I feel the strength of God carrying me through. It’s going to be ok. It’s going to be good. Actually, it’s going to be amazing ❤️ ♥️ ❤️ #justwaitandsee #arttoday #thisweek #strength #thoughtstoday #peacebewithyou #myheart
#detail shot of things in the works ❤️ . . . . . . . #thewaitingplace #whereeverybodyisjustwaiting #peacebewithyou #justoneofthoseweeks #artistmom #mybeautifulmess #exploretocreate #emergingart #wip #contemporaryart #mycreativelife #instaart #flamingabstracts #instagoodness #allthefeels #originalart #canadianartist #boss #colourcolourlovers #acrylicpainting #arte #kunst #crazyartist #yegartist #yvrartist #yvrartists
Hello everyone! This is a post from the humanitarian side of Marcie. I would like to be blunt for a hot second. When my husband and I started a children’s home 10 years ago, we were “adult babies” and had no clue what we were doing. We just saw an opportunity to help some people in need and knew that the right thing to do was say yes to that. Through out the 10 years that have followed, there have been some really great times and some really hard times. Some times when we have felt super supported and some times when we felt a little lonely. This summer has been a very difficult one as we were faced with a government mandated construction project that we didn’t (and still don’t) have all the money for. It’s a room for girls who are abandoned and or orphaned, so that in our minds is a pretty worthy cause. I am not going to lie...I worry. I worry because I want to communicate to these girls that they are valuable, that they deserve a safe space, a shelter to grow and learn and become confident. I worry that I can’t give them the means to grow and learn and be protected. Maybe I worry that this story is not dramatic enough? That it is not “hot,” that it won’t go viral? I worry. I worry about what this says about our cultural values around woman. I worry. I worry about the girls who are out in the fields, working with the livestalk under the relentless sun when they should be in school. I worry about the ones that will be married off as child brides. I worry about the ones who are being abused. I worry. I worry. I hear people say “you do what you can and you just don’t worry about the rest.” The “do what you can” part is so ambiguous. What can I do? I can do a lot. I can always do more! But I also need help. I know this is a tad bit dramatic! But we need fundraising advice! We need support. And hella ya, we need money. Here is our campaign page: https://gogetfunding.com/raisetheroofnepal/ Thanks to everyone who has been so incredible this year, I am so thankful that we are NOT in this alone. @heidi.griff, @julierohryeg, @curious.ness, @timoppergram, @graceegert. With your help, I worry a lot less, because together, we WILL see more lovely girls welcomed home ❤️
Fall is coming....2nd year at Emily Carr begins! Starting school at the same time as both my kids...ahhhh here we go! . . . . . . #letsdothis #fallishere #artistmom #yvrartist #yegartist #canadianpainter #realstory #lifehere #mycreativejourney #keepitreal #artistlady #abstractpainter #metoday #studiotime #selfieforthwin #slightlyterrified #maturestudent #maturestudentstruggles #allthefeels #picoftheday #painteveryday
Let’s go everywhere and nowhere together, my loves, even though you drive me totally nuts at least once a day. I’ll keep you. We drove to a remote little farm in Oregon thinking we could escape the BC Wildfire smoke for a few days. We hadn’t been there 5 minutes when the older was carefully straightening his pillows and arranging his bed for night and the youngest was running barefoot with the farm dogs. How are they so different? He is so rule oriented. She will thrust a dead mouse in our direction before we have the chance to blink, before we can check that one rule off the box...with the most innocent look on her face. This little trip will go down chalk full of little memories. Like finding an @amygrantofficial House of Love CD still in the package, opening it up and singing alllll the lyrics from the CD booklet while my son told us we were “cheesy” and tried to cover his ears. Driving through small towns through Washington and Oregon, through all the “weavy roads” as my kids say. America had gone through so much change and struggle in the recent months. It’s nice to say hi, try be good neighbors and be reminded that everywhere we go, we are more the same than different. P.s. I saw awesome original work by @jessenarens, @jessereno and @melissamonroeart at the @riverseagalleryastoria but the little one had to pee so we didn’t get to stay and gawk, but if you are ever in Oregon...go to Astoria!!! #artistmom #travellingartist #findinginspiration #canadianartist #mykids #exploretocreate #americanadventure #roadtrippin
This one is in no rush to be completed...which is nice! I’m Just having fun along the way. . . . . . . . #wip #workinprogress #arte #yvrartist #happyartistmom #artistmom #artisticjourney #acrylicpainting #canadianartist #emergingartist #emergingart #contemporary_art #paintingoftheday #mycreativemess #exploretocreate #mycreativelife #flamingabstracts #kunst
We have been in our house for 1 year and I finally got a chance to hang some sweet prints from @drwbnsn and @riverluna.art ❤️my kids are lucky to see such 👌 work on the daily. . . . . #arte #greatart #interior #originalart #boss #yegartist #riverluna
“Well That Just Hit Me Right In The Heart-Bone” . . . . . . . . . . . . #paintingoftheday #painting🎨 #acrylicpainting #artisticjourney #creativeprocess #studiotime #canadianartist #emergingartist #emergingart #tellastory #artstory #artistoninsta #artoftheday #colors🎨 #colorful #instafeels #yegartist #yvrartist #contemporarycanadianart
“Tired Mom At Folk Fest” . . . . . . . . . #canadianartist #mybeautifulmess #explorecreate #yegartist #yegarts #colorcolorlovers #painteveryday #paintingoftheday #workofheart #truth #letsberealhere #tiredmom #artistmom #mybeautifullife #abstractart #boss #braveart #emergingart #emergingartist #yegsummer #instafeels #allthefeels #creativeprocess #creativejourney #artandstory #womanartist #honestsituation #instaartistic #kunst #arte
“In Search of Something Real” . . . . . . . . . . #canadianartist #mybeautifulmess #yvrartist #intuitiveartist #truth #picoftheday #instaart #instaartist #colorcolorcolor #interior #emergingartist #mycreativejourney #allthefeels #travellingartist #spiritualjourney #findrest #artistmom #tiredartist #tiredartistmom #yegartist #artsy #kunst #contemporarycanadianartist #studiotime #wip #abstractart #newartwork #acrylicart #paintandsing
“Breathing in the Smoke of 600 Fires” . . . . . . . #enoughsaid #truth #sadstate #acrylicpainting #contemporaryartist #contemporaryintuitiveart #canadianartist #emergingartist #mybeautifulmess #artistmom #storytelling #paintingtoday #painteveryday #carveouttimeforart #yvrarts #yegartist
I am overwhelmed. Thank you so much everyone for supporting our project something fierce at our fundraiser last night. We are off to an awesome start for our Raise the Roof project...and now our campaign is live! www.gogetfunding.com/raisetheroofnepal . . . . . . . . #thankyouthankyou #thankful #happyartistlady #canadianartist #fundraiser #mycreativejourney #awesomecommunity #yegarts #yegartist #nepalheart
We had such a fun afternoon at the #harmonyartsfestival in West Vancouver. I can’t think of a more perfect way to spend a holiday Monday than with live music, local food, artists and artisans all while watching ships cross the shimmering waters. I’m thankful to have been selected for the group show. Not pictured: my Zoe was second person in four days to win “the jackpot” at the Kins Farm market stand! She was pleased as pie! ☀️ 😃 👍🏼 🏝 . . . . . . #localart #artfestival #yvrart #westvanart #canadianartist #emergingartist #artistmom #summerday #vancouversummer #canadiansummer #artsy #instaart #instagood #happymonday