Art By Circe

Welcome to my art/life blog.

Im a 40 year old mother of 2 grown boys and wife with MS, due to a major relapse I no longer work and have taken up painting.

I never attended art school, never even went to Mrs. Johnsons art class when I was supposed to (was to busy smoking behind the school for that)

One day I picked up a paint brush from a cheap art set and just decided to see what happened.

Before I knew it, I was winning ribbons in the state fair and people were begging me to paint for them.

I love to paint but after a year of doing it for everyone else, Ive slowed my pace and look forward to honing in real skill and talent that Ive begun crafting.

Inside my blog are writings about my art but also bits and pieces about my personal life, being a mom and other lil tidbits.

You wont hear me get political... Im not THAT kind of artist lol

Im the common sense kind of artist that paints for the mental relief it provides.... not the type of artists dead set on making a statement about where my beliefs in the world are. You shouldn't care about my political stance anyway if you're here for the art ;)

If you made it past this intro and managed to smile, then I welcome you to my humble blog.

Please come in!

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The Beauty in the breaking....

Well, you have read through parts of my blog that remained unhidden from the masses and might have even checked out my social media accounts by now...

And Im sure your disappointed to find Im just a regular person. Im no famous artist. I dont have a big following. Im not making millions off one piece of art.

Im exactly what I said I am.....

There are a lot of people that think Im the worst, they've told me so.... And maybe in some arenas they're right.... but at least I am who I say I am....

And who I am is damaged, healing and recovering.

I speak freely on dealing with CPTSD from 23 years of childhood abuse with a narcissistic mother and an absent father. Both of which died before I turned 25. Following that, the willful abandonment by my stepfather who lives 20 minutes away and hasn't seen myself or my children in almost 8 years and likely wouldnt recognize us even if he did.

I also equally speak freely on finding one of the only good men in this world and having been married to him for 20 years, sharing beautiful life and incredible children.

So although there is dark, I also remember the light.