Dawn Maureen Art
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Dawn Maureen Art
- Lake Charles, La. - Houston , Texas, US
- Last Login: 12/2/2009
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"When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I would have not a single bit of talent left and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.'" ~ Erma Bombeck..
..Dawn Stinson Thibodeaux
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Drawing to God, (Art as Prayer, Prayer as Art) by Jeri Gerding
Imagine (A Vision for Christians in the Arts) by Steve Turner
The Creative Call: (An Artist's Response to the Way of the Spirit) ~ Janice Elsheimer
Wired for Creativity (How to Discover, Develop, and Use Your God-Given Gift) by Candace Long
The Creative Life (A Workbook for Unearthing the Christian Imagination) by Alice Bass
A Wounded Innocence, (Sketches for a Theology of Art) by Alejandro R. Garcia-Rivera
The Artist's Way (A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity) by Julia Cameron
"We were made in the image and likeness of God the Creator, who also endowed each of us with a share of the divine creativity." ~ Gerard W. Hughes, God of Surprises
GOD OF SURPRISES, by Gerard W. Hughes, foreword by Eugene H. Peterson (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 163 pp., $18). This third edition (the first was published in 1985) comes from a Jesuit priest from Birmingham, England. Hidden in our moods and feelings, thoughts and daydreams, experiences and hopes is our inner life. Father Hughes says: “God is in all things, so there is no particle in creation and no experience of yours in which God is not with you.” The author provides ways to clear the inner chaos and find the treasure within.
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Jn 6:52-59
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 1 John 4:7-9
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About me:
Hi, My name is Dawn Maureen Thibodeaux. I am a visual artist. Here are my paintings, drawings, crafts, and collages. Prints of my art can be purchased at www.cafepress.com/dawnthi or www.zazzle.com/artpals
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He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, his head, and his heart is an artist. ~ St. Francis of Assissi
Artist's Biography:....
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He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, his head, and his heart is an artist. ~ St. Francis of Assissi
Artist's Biography:....
I was born and raised in Lake Charles Louisiana, and currently work out of my home studio in Houston Texas. I am a cajun creole also with scottish and native american ancestry. I may be stranded in the 4th largest city in the U.S. today, but my heart is still beating in Calcasieu Parish, Sportsmans Paradise, Southwest Louisiana!
My mediums are acrylics, oils, pencil, pen, oil pastels, colored pencil, crayon, collage, decoupage, and other experimental mixed media.
In my artwork, I enjoy adventure, unpredictability, and taking things as they come and not planning things out too strictly but rather letting them take form as I create them spontaneously. I enjoy portraying my culture, ancestry, emotions, daily life, and faith.
Everything in art for me starts out as a vague feeling, concept, or idea that I cannot quite see clearly or completely in the beginning. Ideas and unexpected unplanned inspirations come to me as I'm working that change the path of the artwork, and so the final result is always an surprise. I consider each artwork that I create to be a journey with an unexpected ending.
I feel as if my work teaches me something about the subconscious part of my life that I usually do not experience directly through my usual everyday conscious thoughts. I feel as if I'm in contact with the childlike dreamer part of myself that is connected to innocence and wonder, and it's a very healing experience.
I have found creating art from my heart to be a great way to get in touch with my soul and it's a tool to cultivate my relationsip with God and creation, and I feel very happy and energetic with my work and feel that I'm doing exactly what I am meant to be doing in life with my talents. This gives me a sense of peace, and wholeness.
They say art is a revealer of the heart. I have a very ecclectec heart I think. A little bit of this, and a little bit of that. Hey, that sounds like a good cajun recipe!
Awards & Distinctions: Represented Louisiana in Cat Art for the Cat Fancier Association Grand Awards Show, Featured in Lake Charles American Press, Featured in the Louisiana Review, Featured in the magazine "Women Who Do", Artwanted.com Top 10 artist (Top Ten Club), Featured and interviewed on main page as a top artist for Zazzle, featured artist at the Southern Heart Gallery (www.folk-art.com), Member of International Art Therapy Organization (IATO)
Artistic Influences: Vincent Van Gogh, John William Waterhouse, Georgia O'Keefe, Patrick Nagel
Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece. ~ Pope John Paul II, Letter to Artists
"For dogs have surrounded me;
a band of evil men has encircled me,
they have pierced my hands and feet.
(Psalm 22:17) Old Testament
'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing' " (Luke 23:33-34).(New Testament)
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Dec 2 2009 2:05 PM
- Jimbo Rocko
ps, I havent even started... is that bad? lol
Nov 30 2009 4:49 PM
Nov 28 2009 12:38 AM
Just dropping by to wish you and the guys a Very Happy Thanksgiving,
All the Best,
Paul
Nov 28 2009 12:38 AM
Nov 28 2009 12:38 AM
ROCK the day my Friend!!
Nov 21 2009 11:03 PM
HAVE A LOVELY, WONDERFUL,FANTASTIC.. THANKSGIVING MY FRIEND.
Nov 20 2009 8:54 PM
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Nov 6 2009 12:38 AM
Wishing you a great day!
Victoria
Nov 6 2009 12:38 AM
best wishes toy you. Love n respect . Darren xx
Nov 2 2009 3:54 AM
Oct 27 2009 2:22 AM
Oct 26 2009 11:15 AM
Oct 26 2009 11:15 AM
Hope you enjoy my newest blog:
Never Forgotten
Far away,
in another land
a distance that is removed
nothing but my dreams
and your face...
It is silly, poems.
That transcends time
and hopefully brings a smile
but the land you are from
must be beautiful
for there is where you come.
Though I walk and fancy
and think of you
whisper of spells
off boyish dreams
that come back to play.
This I know
and forever will be alive;
nothing is ever lost,
for All that is meant to be.
~Roel Corpus~
Ps_ Have a wonderful Weekend :)
Oct 23 2009 2:04 PM
I hope you're feeling better today. I've been feeling under the weather the last couple of days myself. I actually couldn't concentrate at all in front of the easel. Stayed well away from it. Today's started better. Hope it contunues that way.
Thanks for the Coldplay vid,
Take Care,
Paul
Oct 22 2009 12:05 AM
Keep inspired,
Paul
Oct 20 2009 3:18 PM
Take care and will stop by soon.
Oct 18 2009 8:59 PM
Wishing you a LOVELY Saturday..Love N Hugs!!
Oct 9 2009 11:23 AM
Stop by anytime to say hello.
Ted.
Oct 5 2009 11:07 PM
Wishing you a LOVELY Week Ahead..Love N Hugs!
Oct 5 2009 1:12 PM
I did watch the videos but they were a little stop/start over here. I'm with Dan on the commentary thing........though I'd never commentate on myself drawing lol.
Oct 5 2009 1:11 PM
Take care,
Ted.
Oct 4 2009 1:20 PM
Wishing you a LOVELY Weekend..Love N Hugs!
Oct 2 2009 1:59 PM
Wishing you a LOVELY afternoon my Special Friend..Love N Hugs!
Sep 29 2009 7:43 PM
There's nothing wrong or inferior about the lighting in Dan's latest portrait photos of you Dawn. They are superb.