The Yellow Desk

If you’re from California like we are, you know the Bay Area as San Francisco and the outlying towns that surround it. It’s a mass of businesses, homes, and steep streets that roll up and down. It’s a blur of activity with a rushed feeling all over. There’s practically everything to do from eating dimsum in China town to attending a high end art gallery opening in the art district. When we moved to Lakeside on the Southern Oregon Coast, we quickly became acquainted with the “

The artists of history inspire the artists of today through not only their art, but through their words. Here are some of my favorite quotes about art by artists. Every artist was first an amateur. Ralph Waldo Emerson Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. Pablo Picasso Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. Thomas Merton We don’t make mistakes, just happy acciden

I am constantly raving about Unsplash and the amazing photographers they have on their website. Not only do they offer beautiful free images, but they offer them free to use for commercial use. This is fantastic benefit! That means you can use them in your blog, in your marketing materials, on your website, in your social media posts and even in your digital art. There are some limitations for products sold with the images on them, so be sure to read the full user agreement a

The first time we drove out to our new cabin on the lake, attempting to see it the day before the real estate agent could take us there, we took the long, winding gravel road, miles into the forest and around the top of Tenmile Lake. If it weren’t for GPS, we might have given up but the little voice in my phone said to keep going. We dropped into a valley at the bottom of the road lined on either side by wild blackberries and a meadow filled with Canadian Geese, a few Mallard

People travel from all over the world to experience Cape Arago in Charleston, Oregon. The beauty of its rocky cliffs and views as far as the eye can see make it one that is hard to surpass. A quick drive up past Sunset Bay will yield a very small drive way that opens into a large parking area. Park the car, and walk down the trail to the right and you’ll find benches and picnic tables scattered about, tucked amongst the trees overlooking the steep cliffs of rock where the wav

Looking to find your center again? In need of some rest, relaxation and stretching alongside like-minded people? You're in luck with this awesome list of 7 fantastic yoga festivals in the West! Beloved – Tidewater Falls, Oregon Beloved is a 4-day sacred art, music, and movement festival on the Oregon Coast. Beloved is a healing event. Beloved is a model for a culture that understands the depth of our connection with each other, to the planet, and to our souls. Beloved is all