MommaBelle Loves Art!

The older I get, the more I need art!

When I was 18 and went off to Auburn University to study art, I was too preoccupied with having fun and hanging out with crazy artists to think about "art." Now that I am a wife, mom, Language Arts teacher, and farmwife, I crave time to do arts and crafts. I now have life experience, beliefs, passions, knowledge...all those internal forces that demand to be visualized!

My current addiction is "Artist Trading Cards." I am a member of ATCards.com, an exciting, friendly place for artists to learn, share, and grow, both skillfully and spiritually! ATCs are works of art on a 2.5"x3.5" canvas, any media or materials, as long as:
1. they meet the size designation (the size of playing cards or other trading cards); and
2. they are never sold, only traded.

That second rule is what makes ATCs so exciting. One is committed only to making, experimenting, learning...not trying to meet a market's demands or make an income.

So I thought I would create this blog to share what goes on in my mind and in my art as I create. If nothing else, I will be able to go back and read my own "art history." I think, too, that it will give my family a way to know me better, especially when my daughter is older.