Jeanne Fry Art

In a rapidly growing society that is ever more technology based, our spirit seeks ways to Relax, Decompress, Slow down, and Connect within. Adult coloring books have had a huge popularity, with intricate designs and pattern. Many of those coloring books have mandala based templates.  This weekend, I am offering an opportunity to take one of my workshops on "Creating an Intention Mandala". While engaging in the serenity of designing your Mandala, we will incorporate symbolism that reflects your Intentions for the New Year. I will provide handouts with common universal symbols, along with color and number symbolism to help through the activity.  Each participant in the workshop will receive a mini protractor set, that can then be used at home to continue making mandalas, even drawing them in your journals.  The mandalas in the workshop will be created on canvas panels and all materials are provided.  The workshop will be held adjacent to my a...

I love those moments when a certain trigger can call up a "feel good" memory from the past...those moments that make you feel safe, loved, and protected unconditionally. Sometimes it's a scent, a color, or even a song. The song "Blackbird" is one of those triggers for me. I was surrounded by music when I was a little girl. My father was a musician, so there was always music playing in the house or he was playing guitar and singing. I remember countless times that he would play Blackbird for me. He would sit on the edge of the couch or in a chair with his guitar and softly sing to me, many times when I was ill or after my surgery.  It encouraged me with the phrase "take your broken wing and learn to fly"...It was comparably like learning to ride a bike. You are scared at whether you will be able to do it, but you know that your dad is hanging on and guiding you...that everything is going to be alright. Still to this day whenever I hear the son...