Wildflower Studio

Wildflower Studio is where I keep all my little handmade things.:) So far we've made bookmarks, notebooks, keyrings, greeting cards and tote bags using my art as inspiration. The page is here, if you want to check it out, and maybe give it a like! :D
http://www.facebook.com/the.wildflower.studio

Also, we've linked up with this very cool site, Ah!Piece, which carries locally made items for purchase online. They deliver anywhere in the world. Links to our handmade things below.

Bookmarks on Ah!Piece
Notepads on Ah!Piece
Key Rings on Ah!Piece
Greeting Cards on Ah!Piece
Tote Bags on Ah! Piece

More art soon, I promise.
Blessings,

~D

Two Things Bright and Beautiful

Hello you:)

I really don't think of all my pieces as being beautiful. At least I don't intentionally try to make each of them beautiful. Some pieces are unsettling, just simply the outcome of burning ideas, or some insistent need. Some are so complicated, and bound up so intimately in my own experience that I can scarcely explain them.

These though, are just bright and beautiful, and I love that.:) I think that a little brightness and loveliness has its importance too, oh yes. This is my Bright and Beautiful diptych. The dresses, the colours, the whole energy of the both paintings just make me happy. Hope you like!

Blessings,

Dani

On Painting and Poetry

I've been asking myself questions about my art lately. Interviews tend to do this to me, leave my thoughts circling around some central idea that I cannot quite get to because it is so fortressed. I think of my own art as intimate poetry, as letters to a loved one, as metaphor in itself. I've become obsessed with the idea of what we keep, of submerged and secret selves, and of all the personal meaning that gathers in objects, places and words. I've barely begun to say what I want to... but I am happy with what's emerging. 

Love and Blessings,

Dani

The Good Daughter. Acrylic, Pen and Collage.

New Workspace

This is my new workspace. I'm sitting here listening to birds in the little orange tree just outside the window. I'm working on lots of little pieces, and having fun with the possibilities. I can't wait to show you some new photos when it's all complete.

Hopefully good things come out of this new space.

~D

The cover of Blackberry: a magazine

Yesterday in the mail I received my beautiful, glossy copy of the premier issue of Blackberry: a magazine. (go to the magazine's website)

My art is featured on both front and back covers. yayy!! :) I am so thrilled about this. It's a lovely publication, and a great selection of literary material too. I keep randomly touching the cover. I can't help it.

My first blogoversary approaches, and I think this is a nice way to mark the occasion! I think we're in a pretty sweet place, and I am so thankful for that.

Blessings,

D

*You Inspire Me: ::interview with Dani::

Interview with me on Essence Vibez' blog:) Follow the link and check it out!

*You Inspire Me: ::interivew with Dani::: JACKPOT DANI IS PHENOMENAL!!! What is your name? Dani Do you have a website/blog?  I do! It's at danielleboodoofortune....

Morning, Sunshine.

It's early. It seems that all the birds in the world are anticipating the light, already bursting with song. It's no small feat, this matter of rising each day with a song. I have no idea how they do it. It's the stuff of Lazarus poems and earth-worshipping paintings. I will sit here, just for a moment, and allow myself to be awed by this small thing. I cannot see the sun, but I know it's on its way. I can feel it:)

Have a beautiful day.

Dani

The Sun Lady. Watercolour and Pen.
Please do not use without permission.