by minette | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog
Spring cleaning for your Spirit! by Dr. Minette Riordan If you are anything like me you are experiencing a bit of spring fever! Spring is my favorite time of year. At the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, our minister commented that “Spring in Santa Barbara is...
by minette | Oct 3, 2018 | Blog, Creativity, Zentangle®
An Acrylic Painting of Palm Trees Bending in the Wind on a Stormy Day Today I am celebrating the successful completion of my first commissioned painting of palm trees bending in the wind over a storm sky. This was one of the hardest things I have done as a...
by minette | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog, Creativity, Zentangle®
What is Zentangle® and Zentangle-inspired art? I am a Zentangle® zealot and a Certified Zentangle© Teacher or CZT as we are affectionately called. I will “tangle” anything! I recently tangled my iPhone cover and a wooden birdhouse for the back yard. People are...
by minette | Feb 8, 2017 | Zentangle®
Why It’s Never Too Late to Go After Your Creative Dreams I had this great conversation with a colleague yesterday. We were connecting about our businesses and about creativity and she made a comment about me making “real art.” I laughed out loud. You see,...
by minette | Dec 23, 2016 | Blog
Symbolism of the Nautilus Shell Is it Time to Expand? I never know what symbol might appear in my art but I trust that there is always a message I need to hear. Over the past week I worked on this painting and after completing the piece, I researched the symbolism of...
