Just when I had decided to slow down and have a bit of a rest, my webshop gives me a pretty sweet offer for my friends, family & fans of my art! FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING on products in my shop (art prints, cups, pillows and more!) AND 5 DOLLARS (30 kroner) off every item in the shop! From NOW till NOVEMBER 9th! That means if you order before November 9th, you get the shipping for free no matter where you live AND every product you buy has a 30 kroner (5 USD / €4) discount! Every product! Pret-ty sweeeet!

All you have to do to get the free shipping and discounts is follow this link! Remember free shipping ends on November 9th 2014. So take your time to chose the best for you, your family and friends for Christmas or winter pressies :-D
* Free shipping is not included on my framed art prints or canvases. But there is free shipping on my art prints.


Let me show you some of my personal favourites right now. These are all available in the webshop and with FREE shipping!

Today I read something interesting on Kelly Rae Robert's blog. If you don't know her, she is a painter among other things. She said:

I always know when I need to make a change  - it's usually when something is no longer fun and feels more like a burden. That's what's happening here, and I'm paying close attention.

I can't help but feel that she is talking to me. She says:







Read the whole post from Kelly Rae here.

Yesterday I was having one of those days. You know what I am talking about when I say "One of those days". It's one of those days where I seriously think about quitting my whole lifestyle, fly to Africa to help out with the Ebola virus problem, because, seriously, I am not making a god damn difference here! I'm thinking that my misfortunes lately is God telling me that I seriously should think about doing something else. Why else could it be that things are not working out?!!
Then I realize that perhaps I shouldn't quit all together. And maybe what I do DOES make a difference. And perhaps it wasn't EVERYTHING that went pear shaped (read: Wrong!), maybe it was just one thing. That one thing that I really wanted.

Today as I sit and write this post, it is my number 100 post for this blog. This blog started as fate would have it, on the 26th of October last year. I don't know about you but I really like mornings. There is something extremely sacred about the mornings. Everything is possible. Nothing is written.Yet.
I'm not sure what this day will bring yet. Yesterday I spent a lot of time with my website again. Initially I just wanted to change a few things but then, as fate would also have it, all my changes from last time (where I spent 2 full days on designing it) had NOT been saved. And so, is it fate handing me a hand, helping me to change it again, to improve and to stay true to my purpose? When I work with computer, I enjoy it for a couple of hours. Then I get tired. I get sad, and I get frustrated. Then I have a break and come back. Return to my vision and keep working.
Maybe it's stupid. You know, maybe I should have someone just do my website for me, fix it up, make it licious. But I can't. Not right now. I want to know that I have given it my all. Because that's what I believe in. Giving it all. Not giving up.

When I started my blog back then a year ago I didn't know how it would look. It has changed appearance many times. All I know is that I wanted to write more, and I still enjoy that. So it's 1 year and 100 posts that tells story about my art, my life and my garden, my dreams and hopefully also my fears.
One of the things I believe is that we let each other see inside who we really are as a person. I remind myself this again and again. It means to tell the whole story. Not just the accomplishments and the goals made. But also the struggles. The meaninglessness. The frustrations.
I could be better at those last parts.
This is the end of a circle. A first circle. Like a New Year's day I celebrate this day as a landmark in my art and story.

Thank you for being here with me.

Aww, I'm so proud and so thrilled! Today I get to announce 2 - TWO! - new listings in my webshop! I am super excited! Here are some lovely shots of my newest release, one 10 PACK of cards and 1 4 PACK of cards both now available in the shop! Yay yay yay! Hope you like them, and enjoy!

BIG Love,
Lone!

Hi readers,
It's been quiet here lately with family visiting and lots of new ideas brewing!

I couldn't believe my luck when a customer turned to me to order a pack of 10 cards! This has never happened to me before, and I feel so lucky and so proud! Today I worked on the photoshoot and very soon I will be publishing a "10 cards - 1 free" PACK for everyone!

PLUS!

Newsletter Videos for October 2014

If you haven't already seen my NEWSLETTER VIDEO - you must! I have never had so much fun telling about christmas cards and seasonal decorations! I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the ENGLISH version

and here is the DANISH version!

Enjoy!

I am very inspired by the people I walk amongst. The normal people. All the ordinary people. My cards are about these people. The dreamers, the mums, the dads, sisters and friends. We all have a little bit of something special inside. And I find it so unique and so interesting.

Recently a woman came to me, and asked me if I could make a card design for her to give to her newborn granddaughter. I thought this was a very special and powerful request. Because what are the gifts that we want to give to a new born child? A girl coming into this world, all new, all blessed.

As ever so often (thank you Universe!) the images that I create do not come from hours of thinking and drawing and creating. Most commonly they come from an inside place, and they stand out, they shine. When I see this picture inside I KNOW this is the right image. I see it and I can feel the image.

Then I start to sketch and draw what I see. And the first sketch is often very powerful. This sketch fixates the composition in the picture, who is in it, and where they are.

In so many ways this newborn girl (who is not yet born - but just getting ready!) is just like so many other girls being born. She has the same nose as most, the same eyes and the same body as most newborn girls. And then, in so many other ways - this girl is special! This girl is so unique with her own story, her own family tree and her own roots. In so many ways, there is none else quite like this girl - and that's what I wanted to express, with my card.

But I also wanted to express the love and support commitment from the Universe around this special girl. Inspired by Disney's Snowwhite and The Seven Dwarfs I found myself drawing an image much like the scene in the woods (if you remember the fim), where the animals stand watching. They are observing - they are watching. They are the witnesses of the birth as well as the human family. Perhaps they too are depictions of Spirit, like the Eagle in the tree, and the tree itself.

In this card I used a little bit stronger, darker colour than what I usually do in my watercolours.

Every girl is special. Every person is unique.

Here are pictures from my photo shoot and the final design.
The artwork A New Life is available in my webshop.

Do you remember these guys? This drawing was made on my retreat to north Sweden last October.
I am so happy to be announcing that the Bear Kissing greeting card is now sold out! Yes, it's true! So, so happy and grateful that so many people liked this particular design.
I, myself am happy with how the vibrant rainbow colours in the background turned out. It was a complete surprise to me! The last card was purchased in my webshop. Bye, bye, adjö... but don't you think we'll meet again? ;)

Do you know Wendy Andrew? Her cards and designs are so wonderful!

Wendy's artwork connects me with the powers of nature: the seasons, the animals, the spirits of nature. It's wonderful. Just now I received the autumn equinox newsletter from Wendy, with this lovely image. Ah, her stuff is so great :-)

Happy autumn!

Playing with this drawing at the moment - Girl In Woods. 

I can’t explain my love for colours in details. It’s too deep. Do you know this feeling? It’s like there is something that just pulls me and won’t let go. Something is talking to me. Making me heart sing. Making my soul swing. It’s unpredictable. And it’s certain!

I’m working on releasing a studio newsletter soon. I’m going to be talking a little bit about my new video “How To Do Intuitive Painting”. I am quite thrilled about this video, and the release of it!
It was mostly done on a whim (following a spontaneous idea). But now that it is all in the making I see how BRILLIANT and perfect it is. The idea. The making of it. The process. For me right now. I am certain that YOU will like it, too! And who knows, very soon I might be offering my own intuitive art painting classes - LIVE! Wouldn’t that be a dream come true!

I leave you with this picture. It is not mine, but a photo I found on Pinterest, a place where you can find ALL sorts of photos, artworks and inspiration just by searching for it (if only everything else was that easy, ey?). It is an image of the Acorn Gatherer by shamanic artist Faith Nolton. 
Faith is already on my list of favourite artists, and right now I am reading her latest book Gardens Of The Soul: Making Sacred And Shamanic Art. It is such a wonderful book and it inspires me GREATLY! If you like shamanic art, if you are new to how to go about deepening your connection with nature - or, if you haven't a clue how to get started on any meaningful sketches at all, Faith's book is wonderful, powerful and SOUL-full!

Until next time, ciao and TAKE CARE!

Sometimes it takes a while to fully understand something. I find that answering big questions like that right away, keeps me from discovering the real answer. A deeper answer. 

When my friend asked me this question, I felt that it was a question given to me by the Universe, not so much her. She was being Great Spirit asking me without judgement, without fear; "How do you see these images and relate them to your work?". 

Today, the penny dropped. The answer is that my illustrations and my larger canvases are two sides of the same coin. It's like comparing a one-liner stand-up comedy joke with a 300 pages long novel. They don't compare. In this way I am not saying that my illustrations are 'gone' the next minute - I for one believes that humour lingers on and on, and that the same joke can make us laugh throughout a life time.
And the larger scale images are something else. More intense. Deeper.
And they crave from me two different things. One is witty and simple. Quirky and light. The other is a long-time journey evolving as the painting itself is being made. It is a process of discovery, of finding a core and bringing it out from the deep.

It's all part of the same circle. Expressing and creating. Breathing.

I am creating a video about intuitive painting! In the video I am sharing painting techniques, information on how to use colour and it's basically a gentle introduction that takes you by the hand, and helps you take a step towards your first intuitive painting!

Here is a sneak-peak still photo from the video "How To Do Intuitive Painting"!


The idea for this video took off when my friends were here, and we were all painting together!

This is not my first video. If you want to see my other videos, go to The Sunshine Studio YouTube channel :) Enjoy!

New card design for Radiant Light Retreats, "Ladder". Do you like it?