It is time to get back to blogging!
Classes have started again on Monday mornings
so I have been painting and teaching both online and in Sarasota.

Here is a video for you to see how I capture Fast Color Studies by
first starting with what I call "the dragon".
As I am finally really settled in our new home, I hope to make
more and more videos for you.

Enjoy!

Click to watch the first video

Click to watch the second part 

Return to the garden

Each year I choose a mantra to keep me focused on a positive outcome for the year.
This year, I choose to "Return to the Garden".

This can take on a literal connotation or a metaphorical one.

There is a beautiful botanical garden that I am a member of,
only four blocks from our home.

Here is a painting from my past of wisteria trees that I had tucked away
in a box and just found.

Yes, the garden shows us all the beauty, the magic and love that surrounds us.

                                                    Wisteria in Bloom,  10" x 8" , Pastel

Challenge Done!

30 day Challenge now finished!

What I got from this 30 day challenge.....
 focus on your passion,
 what you love and
 what you want more of.

                                          Detail from Venice pastel

Day 29 Find a Community that Speaks Your Language

Today is the second to the last day of the Fear Cleanse.

Are you finding more courage, happiness, love, abundance
and all that which fear hides?

As one of five teachers in the final stages of planning for a major
event about to happen in February, much fear is subsiding.

The idea for this event came to me in a vision while visiting St. Francis in Assisi.
Actually, this vision first came over a decade ago on one my vision boards.
The idea of a cruiseship event has been visible on my vision boards ever since.

However, this summer I knew it was time to turn the vision
into a reality. It was time to book a cruise ship and invite others
to join in for the time of their life.

Talk about FEAR!

What I first saw in Assisi was a ship, a vessel on the water.

On that vessel magic happened taking people
to a new and higher, happier way of existence.

My initial visions were of people
getting on a ship.

The vision is Assisi was like a movie showing
me what the participants looked like
as they exited the ship.

Colors glowed from the
bodies of most people.

They walked in a new,
more joyous and peaceful way.

It was evident it was now time
to plan this cruise.

With courage,
a new community of people who
are not going to give in to FEAR
is forming.  Having a group of
like-minded individuals around you
is important to move ahead with
your dreams.



It is more fun having people to assist you
in you life's purpose and you assist them in
their purpose. Together you rise.

What will you create in your life now that you are
letting go of FEAR? 

Remember, being our true self  is what most people are afraid of.
This is normal.

Consider spending time with our new community this winter
as together we co-create a new way of life for ourselves.

I suspect that those on the ship in this first year will be
the future teachers sharing all kinds of expertise that benefits others.

You can have a preview of some of the lessons shared on the ship
the beginning of Janurary in a free webinar.

We will sail FEB. 15- 20th, 2016. Save this date. Consider joining our community.

Stay tuned for a free webinar coming in the beginning of Janurary.
Go to www.RichichiArt.com/workshops.html to learn more
about the cruise and email me at llrichichi@gmail.com if you
want to know exactly when the free webinar is.

Finding a Better Way - Day 28

 Do you agree or disagree?

Many people are not courageous enough to face their fears.

Many people do not want to open their mind.

Many people like the box that is around them. It feels safe.

Many people would rather be RIGHT and defend that position even

if it means that they will continue to suffer. 

Most people pretend to be happy.

Then, there are some people (probably you since you are reading this)

who were sick and tired of being sick and tired and they are choosing a better

way of living.

I know. 

I was one of the many people who was choked by fear and then one day, I wasn’t.

One day I had enough and sought after a new way of living.

I hired a coach and a spiritual teacher. Could I afford it?

I couldn't afford not to.

At the same time I began to allow my imagination to guide me.

I surreneder to the creative spirit.

Do you know how to do this?  Just surrender. Give up. "I surrender- help!"

I made a vision board.  A posterboard filled with magazine photos of things that made me feel good.

Have you ever made one? When the mind makes the board it gives us things that 

we think we want. Big house, fancy expensive car and other symbols of success. 

When you surrender to the creative source, ask "What would really make me happy"

Then your vision is what is better for you.

Which would you prefer...  Your way or a better way?

30 Days to Love (aka Fear Cleanse) Day 27

This morning I wrote an entire blog while in the state of pure thought.
Then this came in from the shaman, Eileen O'Hare, who I have studied under.

It is perfect for today.




Often, in the very moment the flower of pure consciousness is opening, 
some fear, nervousness and agitation comes up, or a sense of being lost.
But something discerns that this is not the old kind of lost feeling.
It is not the same old confusion.
There is something exciting about this confusion; 
it is like you are on the cliff of the universe.
Sometimes you have to be on the edge of the seat of your own life, 
not always hiding under the bed looking out.
You have to be willing to stand on the cliff of your own existence 
and feel the air of infinite possibilities that you have never breathed before.
In such a moment you will not know a millisecond of what is in front of you.
Nor will you be overly concerned.
Facing the great abyss, you will say, Here I am, take me.
And then plunge into the ocean of your own Source.

~ Mooji

Focus on Love - Day 26

Somedays when  I paint, I am just
in the zone and the paint flows easily
onto the canvas.

This happens most often when working
outdoors because the energy moves
me along.

In the studio sometimes I've gone
backwards and ruined what I loved
about a painting.

For this reason I opt to paint outdoors
as much as possible.

Have you ever tried painting?
Consider joining us on a Mexican Cruise Feb. 15- 20th and try
your hand at painting. I'll give you step by step lessons.

If the cruise sounds good, come along, there are many classes to choose
from to assist you in getting those creative juices flowing again...
photography, singing, writing and expressive art. Just for fun, come
and allow your creativity find something that is comfortable and fun for you.
www.RichichiArt.com/workshops.html

Our early bird price is about to end on Dec. 15th so check it out today!