A morning meditation — As day breaks a thick blanket of fog settles upon the neighborhood obscuring even Mr. Smokes — his greyish-brown fur blends with grey wood beams and light grey cement — only his blue eyes and quiet meow alert me to his presence In the stillness of that moment with low-hanging clouds and…

Prompts to tempt your muses — Welcome, me lovelies! This is the thirty-second issue of Creative Expressions — a week’s worth of prompts to tempt your muses into producing some artistic-based writings. While we will still accept any of your artistic creations, we hope you will consider using one or more of our prompts as well. …

Abstract Art and a poem — Medium — Paul Rueben’s Oil Pastels Paper — Paul Rueben’s Hot Pressed Watercolor paper 9x11 in In this piece, I concentrated on creating harmony with warm autumn colors, but I also deliberately wanted to separate them with the thick black lines. Autumn here in Tulsa never comes in all at…

A little inspiration to tempt your muses — Welcome, me lovelies! It’s that lovely time of the month again — time for a new Monthly Theme! Growing up, August was always a month for resets and transitions. Summer was ending, back to school was just around the corner, and I was thrown back into the family dynamics after…

Prompts to tempt your muses — Welcome, me lovelies! This is the thirty-first issue of Creative Expressions — a week’s worth of prompts to tempt your muses into producing some artistic-based writings. While we will still accept any of your artistic creations, we hope you will consider using one or more of our prompts as well. …

Abstract Art and a poem — Medium — Paul Rueben’s Metallic Oil Pastels Paper — Sennelier Oil Pastel Pad 6.5 x 9.5 inches In this piece, I was really just playing around with the paper and seeing how many layers I could put on it with the oil pastels. About three layers before it becomes distorted…

Tanka chain — sweeping grains of sand left to the harsh elements a life drifts on by no roots here for nourishment no rains to wash away stains swirling grains of sand barren and foreboding life a cruel desert borne long hot days starving for love long cold nights begging for death sifting…

Prompts to tempt your muses — Welcome, me lovelies! This is the thirtieth issue of Creative Expressions — a week’s worth of prompts to tempt your muses into producing some artistic-based writings. While we will still accept any of your artistic creations, we hope you will consider using one or more of our prompts as well. …

Abstract Art — Medium — Paul Reuben’s Haiya Oil Pastels Paper — Strathmore Cold Pressed Watercolor paper 5.5in x 8.5in For this piece, I used both cool and warm colors juxtaposed against one another in places to create a deliberate lack of harmony. I used wavy strokes to denote the sense of instability…