Art is More than Art
I just received a wonderful email from a customer who came through my booth several months ago at Portland Saturday Market He sent me a...
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Wet Paint
writings by pamela sue johnson
art. passion. desire.
- Jan 11
- 5 min
Thriving Despite It All
"I had to make reckless decisions to tear down the life I was living in order to create the new life I wanted instead," I said to some...
- Jun 5, 2021
- 3 min
Be the Rain : the story of a painting
I found a big wood cradle board of artwork measuring three by three feet in one of those donation type stores where you go hounding for...
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
KITCHEN TABLE ART SCHOOL
Many full-time artists felt the call to art from a young age and made the trek through art school. Then, there is the rest of us. I did...
- May 8, 2021
- 2 min
Am I Really an Artist?
"I am not really an artist," I said to a friend recently. "I am an art seller... I make art. I sell art... " Of course I am playing with...
- Apr 27, 2021
- 5 min
Failing Forward
It was dawn. I could just see a trace of sunrise sneaking in under the window blind. Had I really stayed up all night? I had been...
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Body Love and Art
Little assholes, I muttered to myself as I stomped to my car as best I could lugging a vacuum cleaner and my cleaning bucket. I had...
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
Living a Creative Centered Life
I converted my detached garage and moved in Thanksgiving Week 2019. My main house is filled with young renters including my daughter and...
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