February 2016 (+2015)

February 16, 2016

A year of: 

Daily struggles and little triumphs.  Of gratitude and surrender, (to each day and what it brings).  And of endless prayer, (that I can learn to love better...through my scattered fears, through the overwhelming beauty, through the grind of this modern parenting/job having life). 

-Woodcarving + woodworking (kept me distracted in the best way, in the way that only working with your hands can)

-Making puzzles again, playing with a new color palette. 

-5 Points Market,  gracious enough to have my work on their walls for this winter.  (Thank you, Jasper. xo)

-My old studio, missing everything about it except the heat in the summertime.  But grateful that I can now work at home,  painting and woodworking.

-Listening, mostly to nothing new...old rock and roll...CCR, Van Morrison, Paul Simon and such.

-Reading, The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, (a brilliant book about developmental trauma and all that we can do for ourselves and others to recover from it)

xo Maja

Sketch to start

Carving

Finished

Carving

Painted and varnished

Horse Carving

New Hand-painted Wood Pig Puzzle 

Backside of puzzle pieces

New Hand-painted Wood Circus Elephant Puzzle

Letters and Numbers

Good read...

Viggo + Hendrix, playing with stone carved blocks, made by my father

Viggo. last summer, at our favorite snow cone shop, Oasis Raspados.

Viggo's crew 

Last year's studio

Hand-carved frames, ready for mirrors. 

Viggo + friends, at 5 Points Market