Passionate writer, artist, designer & foodie. Ever evolving, Realistically Inspired LOVER OF LIFE. Wine is my spirit animal. Inspiration is everywhere when you open your mind. Sometimes you need to colour outside the lines.
20 Aug 2024 3 minute read 1 comment JaynieLea
My late mom was about as traditional as a traditional artist comes, and I grew up surrounded not only by her incredible talent in various mediums but also her great love and appreciation for art - so much like gardening and cooking, I grew a deep...
19 Aug 2024 5 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson I suppose you could say that I come from an era, time and generation where individuality was not quite as eas...
16 Aug 2024 2 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
We all spend so many of our waking hours into things which are ultimately geared at improving our quality of life - whether it is the jobs or careers we have in order to pay the bills or the hobbies we choose as a form of escape, release or simpl...
15 Aug 2024 2 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
Pretty much all the portraits I have drawn over the years have had some kind of symbolism behind them - as does most of my art really. Sometimes, I used to do a write up of my own to accompany the piece, but to be honest, a lot of the time I found t...
14 Aug 2024 3 minute read 4 comments JaynieLea
“Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.” – Winona LaDuke Cooking, for me, is therapy. It's an art...
13 Aug 2024 4 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
“My intention is for all of my activities to be directed by Spirit. My intention is to love and radiate my love to my writing and any who might read these words. My intention is to trust in what comes through me and to be a vehicle of Spirit, judgi...
12 Aug 2024 4 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
“Each of the scars, the chipped teeth and broken claws, the mutilated tail—they weren’t the markings of a victim. Oh, no. They were the trophies of a survivor. Abraxos was a warrior who’d had all the odds stacked against him and survived. Learne...
12 Aug 2024 4 minute read 2 comments JaynieLea
Every single day I am blessed to wake up and look at the most breathtaking natural beauty straight out of my bedroom window and since living here mother nature has inspired many of my artistic creations. It makes me smile to myself really, how life...
8 Aug 2024 4 minute read 2 comments JaynieLea
Screw chocolate. A good steak is where it’s at. - A.D. Posey We don't need a special occasion in this house to have steak night! At one point, I went through a real carnivorous craving stage and we had them at least once a week, lol. We don't have...
8 Aug 2024 2 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.” – Stephen R. Covey I can remember as a kid having one of those cylindrical cardboard kaleidoscope thingies. With every little turn you made, the little flicks and flecks of...
